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Re: Why we shouldn' use ASCII text

2001-02-22 11:30:03
I would suggest stone tablets. This encourages conciseness and simpler
protocols. Plus, it has more effect when you hit an implementor that
doesn't adhere to the spec with the tablet.

Jon Crowcroft wrote:

In message 
<4(_dot_)2(_dot_)2(_dot_)20010222085500(_dot_)00b0bc50(_at_)mail(_dot_)opnet(_dot_)com>,
 Taylor Salman typed:

 >>ASCII text shouldn't be accepted because:<br>

 >>Pen and paper is by far the most portable format on the planet and
 >>beyond.

i disagree -

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

j.

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