On Thursday, 17 May 2012 at 21:38:32 UTC, Paul D. Anderson wrote:
> I live nearby (Seattle) so I will be attending, but need to make plans.

 I live nearby, perhaps an 8 hour drive.

 But September is quite a ways off. Anything can happen in 3 months time. If nothing prevents me, I will attend too.

Here it is!

http://astoriaseminar.com/index.html

On Thursday, 17 May 2012 at 21:38:32 UTC, Paul D. Anderson wrote:
> On Wednesday, 22 February 2012 at 22:07:26 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>> Pricing isn't set yet, nor has a web site been set up yet, this is just a heads up to reserve the dates on your calendar, and start thinking about that presentation you want to do!
>>
>> The general idea is:
>>
>> Wed evening - meet & greet at the Banker's Suite
>> Thu-Fri - presentations at the Banker's Ballroom
>> Sat - discussion groups
>>
>> If your company wants to set up a booth or a table, or be a sponsor, please contact me.
>
> Is there any more information available? If so, where can I find it.
>
> I live nearby (Seattle) so I will be attending, but need to make plans.
>
> Paul

A.  No.
Q.  Does top-posting make sense?

On Thu, 24 May 2012 18:13:59 +0200, Paul D. Anderson <paul.d.removethis.anderson@comcast.andthis.net> wrote:

> Here it is!
>
> http://astoriaseminar.com/index.html
>
> On Thursday, 17 May 2012 at 21:38:32 UTC, Paul D. Anderson wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 22 February 2012 at 22:07:26 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>>> Pricing isn't set yet, nor has a web site been set up yet, this is just a heads up to reserve the dates on your calendar, and start thinking about that presentation you want to do!
>>>
>>> The general idea is:
>>>
>>> Wed evening - meet & greet at the Banker's Suite
>>> Thu-Fri - presentations at the Banker's Ballroom
>>> Sat - discussion groups
>>>
>>> If your company wants to set up a booth or a table, or be a sponsor, please contact me.
>>
>> Is there any more information available? If so, where can I find it.
>>
>> I live nearby (Seattle) so I will be attending, but need to make plans.
>>
>> Paul
>

On Fri, 25 May 2012 14:13:24 +0200, Simen Kjaeraas <simen.kjaras@gmail.com> wrote:

> A.  No.
> Q.  Does top-posting make sense?

In emails to non-newsgroup people: yes!
I've sent several mails where the receiver doesn't think I've answered anything (or doesn't read everything) because outlook always top-posts.
But here? No

On Fri, 25 May 2012 14:25:47 +0200, simendsjo <simendsjo@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 25 May 2012 14:13:24 +0200, Simen Kjaeraas <simen.kjaras@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> A.  No.
>> Q.  Does top-posting make sense?
>
> In emails to non-newsgroup people: yes!
> I've sent several mails where the receiver doesn't think I've answered anything (or doesn't read everything) because outlook always top-posts.

http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt:

"   - If you are sending a reply to a message or a posting be sure you
      summarize the original at the top of the message, or include just
      enough text of the original to give a context.  This will make
      sure readers understand when they start to read your response.
      Since NetNews, especially, is proliferated by distributing the
      postings from one host to another, it is possible to see a
      response to a message before seeing the original.  Giving context
      helps everyone.  But do not include the entire original!"

But yes, you're sadly right.

On 5/25/12, Simen Kjaeraas <simen.kjaras@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt

That paper is read as often as the EULA.

On Fri, 25 May 2012 15:01:17 +0200, Andrej Mitrovic <andrej.mitrovich@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 5/25/12, Simen Kjaeraas <simen.kjaras@gmail.com> wrote:
>> http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt
>
> That paper is read as often as the EULA.

And I really doubt anyone but programmers know rfcs exist.
RMS doesn't let people send him documents in proprietary formats - let's all refuse to read top-postings with an auto-reply with this link :)

On Fri, 2012-05-25 at 14:13 +0200, Simen Kjaeraas wrote:
> A.  No.
> Q.  Does top-posting make sense?

It also helps if people remove bits of the message they are not addressing leaving only that needed to understand the message in the thread context.

Of course there are circumstances where top posting and keeping all previous material in the email is a good thing. It is just that email lists such as this are not one of them.

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On Fri, 2012-05-25 at 15:12 +0200, simendsjo wrote:

> And I really doubt anyone but programmers know rfcs exist.

But of course all the RFCs relate to an era of 9.6kbs lines and UUCP. In this WWW era everyone assumes sending huge HTML email encoded in bizarre Unicode encodings is not only mandatory, but also polite.

And anyway RFCs were never actually binding, they were just proposals!
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On Wednesday, 22 February 2012 at 22:07:26 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> Pricing isn't set yet, nor has a web site been set up yet, this is just a heads up to reserve the dates on your calendar, and start thinking about that presentation you want to do!
>
> The general idea is:
>
> Wed evening - meet & greet at the Banker's Suite
> Thu-Fri - presentations at the Banker's Ballroom
> Sat - discussion groups
>
> If your company wants to set up a booth or a table, or be a sponsor, please contact me.


Great! I would really like to be in Brazil!