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- From: msb@sq.sq.com (Mark Brader)
- Subject: Re: Question
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.095728.17469@sq.sq.com>
- Organization: SoftQuad Inc., Toronto, Canada
- References: <1993Jan23.203905.10877@news.acns.nwu.edu> <acjbooks.727868446@citr.uq.oz.au> <1jvgn2INNl97@FROG.ZOO2.CS.YALE.EDU>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 09:57:28 GMT
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- > > I have for the past few years been compiling a list of quotes. It is
- > > currently around 47k or so. Should I post it?
-
- > At 47k, it might be best if you'd compress and uuencode it before
- > posting...
-
- I think this is a bad suggestion. It creates a significant nuisance for
- the reader, it saves only a small percentage of filespace, and at least
- for non-NNTP sites, it costs *more* in terms of transmission time. Save
- uuencode for real binary postings.
-
- And 47K bytes isn't all that large anyway, compared to, for example,
- some of the FAQ lists that are posted regularly... and they're always
- in straight text form.
-
- Splitting the posting into sections, and maybe not posting them all
- on the same day, might be a good idea for a different reason -- most
- people probably don't *want* to read that many quotations at once.
- Compare rec.humor.funny's treatment of its "one-liner file".
-
- ObQuote:
- Tortoise: But we must be careful in combining sentences. For instance,
- you'd grant that "Politicians lie" is true, wouldn't you?
- Achilles: Who could deny it?
- Tortoise: Good. Likewise, "Cast-iron sinks" is a valid utterance,
- isn't it?
- Achilles: Indubitably.
- Tortoise: Then, putting them together, we get "Politicians lie
- in cast-iron sinks" ...
- (Douglas R. Hofstadter, "Godel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid")
-
- ObSigQuote:
- --
- Mark Brader \ "He's suffering from Politicians' Logic."
- SoftQuad Inc., Toronto \ "Something must be done, this is something, therefore
- utzoo!sq!msb, msb@sq.com \ we must do it." -- Lynn & Jay: YES, PRIME MINISTER
-