> I actually came up out of Usenet, but gave up those archaic habits when
> they... you know... became archaic. Some call it progress. I call it
> evolution.
You can predict what the reader is using?
Cause I can't.
> I use mutt still on occasion (and elm on old machines) when I'm forced
> in through a term window. But for the most part, I, and a huge majority
> of actual living, breathing humans, find such things tedious and
> needlessly arcane. While there's something to be said for honouring
> traditions, there's also something to be said for not adhering to
> outmoded methods of communication for the sake of proving one's digital
> upbringing.
>
> I wear my evolution as a badge of honour. ;)
For my part, I consider knowing that the reader will read precisely
what I wrote, not what some random mail client author thought would be
a Pretty Neat Way to render it, randomly, to be a good thing, myself.
> :wq
Hee.
Cheers,
-- jr 'r-wars are fun, aren't they?' a
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