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  1. Newsgroups: talk.bizarre
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!caen!batcomputer!theory.TC.Cornell.EDU!mdw
  3. From: mdw@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (Matt Welsh)
  4. Subject: Re: highway riding
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov8.044655.25536@tc.cornell.edu>
  6. Sender: news@tc.cornell.edu
  7. Nntp-Posting-Host: theory.tc.cornell.edu
  8. Organization: Cornell Theory Center
  9. References: <1992Nov7.034030.22341@wetware.com> <1992Nov7.042512.21250@tc.cornell.edu> <1992Nov8.012932.25069@wetware.com>
  10. Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 04:46:55 GMT
  11. Lines: 22
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  13. In article <1992Nov8.012932.25069@wetware.com> mlegare@wetware.com (The Steel General's Batsman) writes:
  14. >mdw@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (Matt Welsh) writes:
  15. >] This would be much more dramatic with a form feed (^L) in between the
  16. >] first "dear don" and the second "DEAR don". 
  17. >
  18. >if you can't utilize the ascii capability 
  19. >of a simple SCREEN TERMINAL
  20. >to communicate your intentions
  21. >(with space)
  22. >(with visual                         pacing)
  23. >then you're just not up to speed yet.
  24.  
  25. It's got nothing to do with screen terminals. This is merely for the benefit
  26. of those reading on a teletype. The waste of paper provides added dynamics.
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  29. mdw
  30.  
  31. -- 
  32. Matt Welsh    mdw@tc.cornell.edu        +1 607 253 2737
  33. Systems Programmer, Cornell Theory Center
  34.   "She's like jelly roll, like sculpture!"
  35.