| Eggs Zachtly 2006-09-22, 1:25 pm |
| Jim Ledford said:
> Eggs Zachtly wrote:
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> in line posting is more like carrying on a conversation.
> however one needs to know how to protect the attribute
> markers or the who said they said will become inaccurate.
>
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> much the same as following along in a conversation between two others.
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> yep, like sometimes when late to arrive I do wonder where the
> thread got it's current subject header. OT.
I changed this one, since it had strayed completely OT. =)
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> it's a nice thing for slow dial up users with very little band width.
Yup, or those that pay a certain amount per byte downloaded. Some servers
still operate that way.
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> if your reader allows for the configuration option then set it
> to HTML/plain text. doing so causes the HTML poster's post to
> appear as an attached file. most always I never open them since
> the attributes will be skewed with any attempt to reply.
Actually, quite a few newsreaders will still show the code by default. It's
best to use only plain text, IMO. HTML/plain text still bloats the message,
unnecessarily. Again, going back to your point about dial-uppers. =)
>
>
> cruel to send a new poster scurrying around seeking
> the meaning of -HTH- [hope that helps]
I disagree. It teaches them how to find out about acronyms, which run
rampant in chat as well as newsgroup postings. They usually find a good
acronym-definition site fairly quickly, and hopefully bookmark it. Or, they
find a newsreader that will give the definition onHover. =)
>
>
> you are a likable sort
There are quite a few out there that would vehemently disagree with you, on
that point, LOL. I could care less. I've been doing the BBS/Newsgroup thing
for a long, long time, and will continue to do so, despite those that are
too thin-skinned to be here. =)
> and every now and then you say
> something which cracks me up. glad I'm not an egg.
If I had a nickel for every egg joke I've seen.... =P
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Eggs
-Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him to use the Net and
he won't bother you for weeks
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