Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:34:47 -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>

Ted White wrote:
> On 12/21/2010 7:46 AM, mark wrote:
>>  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.
>
> As I said (above), "I'm fine with plain text" for emails; it's what I
> use myself on all but the rarest occasions. Are you also someone who
> uses a monochrome screen/monitor, and has never seen anything on
> YouTube, or Flickr, and eschews all graphic displays?  (I won't ask
> about Facebook or Twitter, since Keith is probably unaware of them....)

No, I have a nice flatscreen color monitor, and have seen enough YouTube
(have you seen the history of the Soviet Union as told by the guy from
Tetris?). No, I don't do "social media"; I mean, what the hell is this
mailing list? And Twitter is for twits. I mean, tell me everything you
know in 140 chars or less. And as to what the protocol was designed for,
in the mid-nineties I spent the better part of two fucking *years*
wearing a pager 24x7x365.25, except for the couple of months I wore
*two* of em, so unfuck Twitter.

mark
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