Re: Boulder Pledge
On 23 Jan 2003, Alexander Hvostov wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-01-23 at 02:38, Russell Matbouli wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 09:06:04PM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> > > Of course it wraps. But there's good reasons for 20 years of netiquette.
> > > Why don't we start top-posting while we're at it?
> >
> > There's an RFC that says a line should be no longer than 78 characters
> > long, if you want another reason :)
>
> So I see, but then I wonder: _why_ should lines be no longer than 78
> characters?
>
Hollerith card control characters.
> Is this the same reason, or some issue that still applies?
Well, some of us still run to terminal mode, but it's all based on
Hollderith cards, I tell you, all because of IBM and the IRS.
--
Ed Craig epcraig@efn.org
Taxi (I need an income) GNU/Linux (I can afford a Free OS)
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