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Posted by Peter J Ross on 05/27/06 12:44
On Sat, 27 May 2006 01:43:10 -0700, Onideus Mad Hatter
<usenet@backwater-productions.net> wrote in alt.usenet.kooks:
> On Sat, 27 May 2006 09:13:49 +0100, Peter J Ross <pjr@kookbusters.org>
> wrote:
>
>>>>> Hey lil Veronica...I don't think anyone actually uses a fixed width
>>>>> font when browsing Usenet anymore.
>
>>>>Wrong.
>>>>
>>>>As always.
>
>>> Really Peavy, are you sure? Since you're proclaiming to be an expert
>>> and all on this fixed width issue, perhaps you can tell us all just
>>> HOW MANY news readers EXACTLY come with a fixed width font set as the
>>> default. ^_^
>
>>slrn, tin, gnus, nn, trn, pine, ..., ...
>
> Apparently Peavey thought I asked him to list random shit news clients
> for Linux...
Which of the above do you imagine runs only on Linux, DB?
> which are only in use by like...less than 2% of teh Usenet
> populous. LOL
Teh Usenet populous *what*, DB?
Btw, are you preparing an argument similar to your "IE is the best
browser because everybody uses it" one?
> BTW, I thought you had to use the "-" key in order to flip to fixed
> width in SLRN?
Hey, I don't seem to be able to get proportional fonts at all in
this Konsole window! Is this a bug???
<aside> What a moron. </aside>
>>ISTR that your point-and-click software has something you can point at
>>and click on in order to make it emulate a real newsreader in this
>>respect.
>
> To quote Robert for a moment:
Thank God for that! When I first glanced at your post, I thought I'd
have to wade through an extra dozen lines you'd written yourself.
<...>
> Go run off to alt.config and argue with them about it, Peavey.
I don't recall seeing you in alt.config for at least a year, possibly
two, DB. Is the last spanking you received there still smarting?
> Tell
> them all about how you've "won the Usenet", LOL.
And the second prize was two Usenets!
(That was a reference to an old joke, DB. I'll try to explain the
"joke" concept to you when I have a few hours to spare, if you like.)
PJR :-)
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