Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 07:46:44 -0500
From: mark <whitroth at 5-cent.us>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: gah! let's try that again - Re: google word list
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

Keith F. Lynch wrote:
> Ted White <twhite8 at cox.net> wrote:
>> I'm fine with plain text, but I draw the line at fixed-width fonts,
>> all of which look ugly on a monitor screen, ...
>
> But a lot of text is in the form of tables or columns, intended to
> line up vertically.  One approach would be to be able to easily switch
> between fixed-width and proportional fonts, and to not complain unless
> both looked wrong.
>
>> We're living in nearly the second decade of the 21st century now,
>> Keith, not the eighth decade of the 20th century.  I find it odd
>> that a man as much into personal computers as you are has chosen
>> to remain in their early years of development, softwear, etc.
<snip>
Yo!
<raises hand>
Computer professional, been working (when not unemployed, um, sorry,
"between positions") as such since 1980; been on the 'Net since late
'91. I DO NOT DO HTML EMAIL, PERIOD. The *greatest* way to spread
viruses, trojans, and all *sorts* of malware. In plain text, you can't
hide where you're trying to get someone to link to.

So, really, if anyone wants to send me anything *not* plain text, send
it as an attachment. I certainly don't need pretty junk on a mailing
list, since I'm on the mailing list *only* to hear what other folks say,
and make comments of my own: content, not cosmetology.

mark
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