I think that's what I was getting at. In less than one whole kilobyte ("seven tweets"), everything you need to know. Is concise a fad that has passed?
2009/11/20 Adam Sampson <a...@offog.org> > Brian Butterworth <briant...@freeview.tv> writes: > > > BBC News headlines go from 33 characters (because of Ceefax) to 66 > > I always wondered if there was someone working for Ceefax who took great > pride in working out how to word all their news headlines to be exactly > the same length. A screenshot I took on 29th July 2001 reads: > > PROBE URGED INTO "VIRUS SHEEP SCAM" > ISRAEL Police storm mosque compound > TRAIN Prosecutors handed crash file > TERRORISM Four held by Irish police > DEATHS Lake-plunge youngsters named > SARAH "Derisory" payout for parents > INDIA PM attacks Pakistan president > CAT Woman dies after vein scratched > BODY OF MAN FOUND BESIDE MAJOR ROAD > ATTACK Mother-of-four badly injured > FIRE Motorway brought to standstill > CENTRE New development for disabled > PAYNE Payouts to parents "derigory" > HEAT Motorways jammed by sunseekers > CHARITY Prince to attend polo match > INJURY Woman dies after cat scratch > IN BRIEF News from round the region > > -- > Adam Sampson <a...@offog.org> <http://offog.org/> > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ > -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002