Posted by dorayme on 01/23/07 21:06

In article <3juth.10849$By2.10616@reader1.news.saunalahti.fi>,
"Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> wrote:

> Scripsit dorayme:
>
> >>> I want to post something in a blog where I put a pointer to a big
> >>> file from which I want to show a small piece. But the blog as a
> >>> size limit on posts (at least its spamblocker seems to).
> >>
> >> I guess you mean "the blog has a size limit", but I cannot guess why
> >> you mention this. How would a size limit affect links?
> >
> > I think he has in mind that otherwise he would quote the bit
> > right there and then. But that a link would be shorter... etc.
>
> Sounds like a good guess. That would mean that the piece being "small" is
> rather relative. A small piece for a file, but a large piece for a blog.

Reminds me of the first earthling on the moon saying it was a
small step for (a) man but a big step for mankind. I recall at
the time wincing that he left out the definite article (unlike
your correct inclusion of it) before "man". I mean, really, fancy
making a linguistic mistake - albeit a non formal one - on first
stepping on the moon. At least martians mind their language when
stepping on various celestial bodies for the first time.

--
dorayme

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