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   From: hcharper@goldenvalleycable.com   
      
   OM wrote:   
      
   > On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:50:00 -0600, Tim McGaughy    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >>So let me get this straight. You think the comments written into the   
   >>Fortran code of an obscure newsreader are the law of the usenet land?   
   >>Really? Have I got this straight?   
   >   
   >   
   > ...Yep. And as having been on usenet consistently since then, I can   
   > speak as an expert as to the validity of why you should trim your   
   > quotes.   
   >   
   > Tim, please don't fight me on this one just for the sake of getting   
   > into a flame war. I'm not your enemy. I'm just trying to get these   
   > relative n00bs to start posting so they can at least look like they're   
   > coherent...   
   >   
   >                                OM   
   While I agree with you in principle, have you ever heard the old saying,   
   "you can't teach a pig to sing - it wastes your time and annoys the pig!"?   
      
   I've been around since punched cards and 3 floor refrigerated   
   mainframes. Been telecomputing since the TTY days too.   
      
   Would you try to enforce a national 20 MPH speed limit today as well?   
   I doubt it, but at one time that was a guideline as well.   
      
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