Posted by NRen2k5 on 11/16/80 11:36

Michelle Steiner wrote:
> 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.

As we've already discussed, you misunderstand what italicizing is.
Thanks for that bit of trivia, though.

>>>>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.

Ah. Now I see.

(You've been so quick to chatise me for it but nobody has told me what
it is. I thought it was something like "post pumping". Okay, so now I
understand it means typing above the quoted text.)

A few of you don't like it? Good for you. I don't get complaints on any
other groups I post to. I do things the way I think is best, not your
way. If you can show me why my way is /inherently bad/, I'll change my way.

The way I see it, I'm making things convenient and easy for you to read.

Oh, maybe I have to change it because of some other deficiency in your
newsreader?

>>>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.\

It wasn't in the beginning. But you know what - We're not in 1979 anymore!

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

I do /what I think is right./

You tell me that what I'm doing is wrong, and don't give me any
explanation. I just have to believe that /you're/ the one being stubborn.

- NRen2k5

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