Re: GSHK 1.1 Problems

[nathan@cco.caltech.edu (Nathan Mates)]

In article <4ofhl2$bpl@news.ysu.edu>,
Adalbert Goertz <be404@yfn.ysu.edu> wrote:
>>   [Tip: hit return every 70 characters, not 79. Makes it much easier
>>to quote.]

>I dont have this problem with 79 chacters. Maybe you shouldnt use the Finder.

   Ok, since you seem to be more clueless than usual the past few
days, I guess I'll have to spell it out for you. If this is too much
for your Alzheimer-affected mind, tough sh*t.

1) The Finder is not used in reading usenet. If you think it is, you
seriously need to remove your cranium from your posterior.

2) Usenet is normally read by people on text displays. The standard
screen width is 80 columns. Lines longer than that are usually not
properly wrapped.

3) Proper quoting (not the shit you do, and I have to correct, like
above) is to put one '>' before quoted text in a followup, and keep
around who said things (i.e. leave my name before the text I wrote).
[In the above, you wrote the text in all lines prefaced by one >, and
I wrote the text that has 2 >'s]. Thus, for each followup, the line
width is increased by one character.

4) Thus, in order to allow a reasonable number of followups without
running over 80 columns, it is best to limit your lines to somewhat
less than 80 columns. 70 is a nice round number. In cases where I
followup to people with long lines, what I do is reformat their
paragraphs (manually) to 70 columns, and requote them. Since the
number of followups is usually equal to or greater than a given post,
it is best to do it right the first time.

   You're right, most of your posts have been under 80 columns, and by
your own admission, you don't use the Finder. All of my posts have
been that way, and I do use the Finder on occasion (I boot to the GNO
shell, though). I do all my usenet reading from the campus unix boxes,
where I have an 80x24 or 80x32 window (on home linux machine, ProTERM,
or other terminals around cmapus) open to read things in. Thus, usage
of the Finder makes no fucking difference to usenet posts, and only a
true idiot would think they did.

   Aadlebert-- you have earned the name Aadlebrain for the stuff
you've been spewing. Do you work hard to be this clueless, were you
born this way, or has your mind fallen apart after your 50th birthday?

Nathan Mates
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