Re: Networking XP with Linux box

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From: Rick \ (rick_at_mvps.org)
Date: 10/17/04 

Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 20:11:52 -0400

A. Because no one wants to scroll through old messages to get to the new one
in a thread. If everyone just responds to the original thread instead of
starting a new one, there is no need to read through all the prior posts to
get to the new information.
Q. Why is top posting becoming the norm or at least just as acceptable as
bottom posting?

A. Because they refuse to accept that usenet is no longer just for the
geeks. Times change, usenet needs to change with it.
Q. Why do some still insist that everyone bottom post? 

-- 
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
"Peter Köhlmann" <Peter.Koehlmann@t-online.de> wrote in message 
news:cks619$pfk$01$1@news.t-online.com...
> Hiawatha Bray wrote:
>
>> I don't understand.  Obviously Samba's running on the Linux box; that's
>> why
>> it shows me the Windows machine.  My problem is that the Linux box does
>> NOT
>> appear in my Windows network directory.  Any idea how to fix this?
>>
>
> First of all: Don't top-post
>
> Second: Samba
>
> You have smbclient running, so you can see SMB shares on the network.
> To make your linux machine appear on the network as a server, install the
> samba-server
>
> < snip bottom quote >
> -- 
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> A: Top-posting.
> Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet?

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