On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:25:59 -0800, Vincent Manis wrote: > On 2009-11-13, at 15:32, Paul Rubin wrote: >> This is Usenet so >> please stick with Usenet practices. > Er, this is NOT Usenet.
Actually it is. I'm posting to comp.lang.python. > 1. I haven't, to the best of my recollection, made a Usenet post in this > millennium. Actually you have, you just didn't know it. > 2. I haven't fired up a copy of rn or any other news reader in at least > 2 decades. > > 3. I'm on the python-list mailing list, reading this with Apple's Mail > application, which actually doesn't have convenient ways of enforcing > `Usenet practices' regarding message format. Nevertheless, the standards for line length for email and Usenet are compatible. > 4. If we're going to adhere to tried-and-true message format rules, I > want my IBM 2260 circa 1970, with its upper-case-only display and weird > little end-of-line symbols. No you don't, you're just taking the piss. > Stephen asked me to wrap my posts. I'm happy to do it. Can we please > finish this thread off and dispose of it? My name is actually Steven, but thank you for wrapping your posts. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list