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Re: Why we shouldn' use ASCII text

2001-02-22 10:40:05

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<4(_dot_)3(_dot_)2(_dot_)7(_dot_)2(_dot_)20010222172243(_dot_)0332bc08(_at_)127(_dot_)0(_dot_)0(_dot_)1>,
 Harald Alvestrand typ
ed:

no no no - like ascii, pencil and surface is re-usable, both for
revised drafts, and for keeping warm if the minneapolis weather should
change too quickly

stone is ok, but only for full standards and bcp


At 15:23 22/02/2001 +0000, Jon Crowcroft wrote:
i) the americans spent a lot of money on spaceworthy pens,
but the russians showed that PENCILS are fine

ii) paper burns at farenheit 451 (ref: burroughs, '63, truffaut '68],
this many IETF meetings generate enough heat to ignite any draft being
discussed if presented in this format

so we need to use pencil and (unprocessed) wood

have away with all these incendiary materials!

bring a stone tablet and a chisel!

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Harald Tveit Alvestrand, alvestrand(_at_)cisco(_dot_)com
+47 41 44 29 94
Personal email: Harald(_at_)Alvestrand(_dot_)no


 cheers

   jon