2 Nov
2002
2 Nov
'02
1:22 a.m.
On Fri, Nov 01, 2002 at 06:55:10PM +0530, Philip S Tellis wrote:
When posting a message on a mailing list, should the original poster make sure his lines wrap at a particular column, or not? If yes, which column? If yes, or no, why?
Yes ... the lines should wrap after 76 characters. Because I don't like to scroll beyond that, and editing quoted text in replies is a big headache.
Sameer.
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MTech Student,
Reconfigurable Computing Lab,
KReSIT, IIT-Bombay.
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Q: How many IBM types does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Fifteen. One to do it, and fourteen to write document number
GC7500439-0001, Multitasking Incandescent Source System Facility,
of which 10% of the pages state only "This page intentionally
left blank", and 20% of the definitions are of the form "A:.....
consists of sequences of non-blank characters separated by blanks".