Re: Boulder Pledge
On Mon, 27/01/2003 09:25 -0500, Daniel Barclay wrote:
>> From: Edward Craig <epcraig@efn.org>
>> 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.
>
> Well, there's also a little factor from how many characters in a readable
> font size fit across a standard size sheet of paper.
Ever noticed how many characters there are on a line of a newspaper or
in books? It may nog be exactly 80, but it's close. The reason is much
longer lines are harder to read. Try putting some tekst on a page in
landscape; it's really annoying.
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