Re: If you were to design a netnews protocol today...

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Mike Spencer:

Interesting to note that top-posting wasn't mentioned by
Net.God in His commandments.

The fifth commandment implies interleaved posting:

  Thou shalt quote meaningfully.  Net.God loves not the man
  who taketh more than needed nor he who quoteth all,
  including the sig.  Render unto Net.God what is Net.God's,
  render unto Usas what is Usas; credit Senda for he is good.

The styling, by the way, is flawed.  Whoever says `taketh'
should also say `loveth' not `loves'.  `he' should be `him'
because it is the object of `loves', `who' should be `that'
(see KJV), the possessive of `Usas' is not `Usas', &c.

I posted The Compleat Commandments here:

  http://al.howardknight.net/?ID=172492619200

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