On 24 Apr 01, at 18:50, Ron Nossaman wrote: > Gang, > For those graphically expressive among you who are using HTML encoding in > your messages, please take a few minutes and go to the archives. Look at > the messages enshrined therein and note the length of the plain vanilla > ASCII text posts compared to the indispensably decorative and creatively > expressive messages of similar literary content. Be aware that anyone > searching the archives as we so often suggest they do to relieve us of > typing and posting the same thing for the seventy third time, and everyone > receiving the List in digest form has to wade and sift through all that > junk to read the content. Be aware, also, that all that extraneous junk is > stored forevermore, or at least until the EMP hits, on the hard drive > taking up space like a smelly old dog that won't run away or die. In > deference and respect for those who wish to make use of the archives some > day - including possibly yourself if the curse works - Might we not speak > in ASCII on this List, and leave the special visual effects and wild > gesticulation for face to face meetings when we're each too drunk to figure > out what the other is saying anyway? > > Thank you for your attention. > > Ron N Rob Kiddell RPT Atonal Piano Service http://www.telusplanet.net/public/atonal/
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