In article <v03130300b7887634165a@[24.104.7.124]>, Charlie Summers <charlie@lofcom.com> writes:

At 8:46 AM -0400 7/28/01, Greg Matheson is rumored to have typed:

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I agree it is confusing.

No, it isn't; you simply don't understand the convention.

Considering how often this question comes up, I don't think you can reasonably argue that it isn't confusing.