Posted by Michelle Steiner on 11/16/70 11:36

In article <x%Luf.62089$DQ4.1774223@weber.videotron.net>,
NRen2k5 <napsterneorenegade@hotmail.com> wrote:

> >>Since when is having all your italics between slashes
> >
> >Underscores, not slashes.
>
> Slashes, on all the newsreaders I've tried so far.

Huh? In text applications, the user has to type those characters. The
standard is to use underscores because with typewriters, the standard
was to underscore text that a typesetter would italicize.

> >>and all your bolds between asterisks a good thing?
> >Since when has top posting been a good thing?
>
> With two-bit retorts like yours, I could say you're the one who's top
> posting.

Do you really know what top posting is? If you did, you wouldn't have
made such an asinine statement.

> >HTML is for web browsing, not for messaging.
>
> HTML is for whatever it lends itself to. Same as plain text. So you
> prefer a different standard than me; at least I use both. Now quit
> your bitching.

HTML is not a standard for usenet.

But your message comes through loud and clear: "I'll do whatever I
want, and the hell with everyone else."

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