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Date: 25 Jun 2007 06:27:57
From: jim beam
Subject: one for timmy
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Date: 25 Jun 2007 13:58:18
From: Callistus Valerius
Subject: Peace in our time?
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I value your discussions, as I do others, but I have noticed a
deterioration as character assassinations are now becoming the norm. I've
always thought rbt as being a valuable resource for both newbies and
experts, and I think I learn something new from it everyday. Also I think
politics and religion should be kept out of this newsgroup, as there are
plenty of newsgroups out there for someone who wants to practice their
taliban like intolerances for non-believers. I know Jim, you are not guilty
of the politics and religion point, but I thought I just lump it all in
here.
This is my direct appeal to you Jim, could you please increase the size of
your font. Think of older people, or far-sighted people who have to reach
for their magnifying glasses to read your posts. Please, your posts are
important, people should read them, why have them not read them because they
can't.
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Date: 25 Jun 2007 22:34:11
From: Phil
Subject: Re: Peace in our time?
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Callistus Valerius wrote:
> I value your discussions, as I do others, but I have noticed a
> deterioration as character assassinations are now becoming the norm.
> I've always thought rbt as being a valuable resource for both newbies
> and experts, and I think I learn something new from it everyday.
> Also I think politics and religion should be kept out of this
> newsgroup, as there are plenty of newsgroups out there for someone
> who wants to practice their taliban like intolerances for
> non-believers. I know Jim, you are not guilty of the politics and
> religion point, but I thought I just lump it all in here.
>
> This is my direct appeal to you Jim, could you please increase the
> size of your font. Think of older people, or far-sighted people who
> have to reach for their magnifying glasses to read your posts.
> Please, your posts are important, people should read them, why have
> them not read them because they can't.
KF works. At least RBT is far more civil than the vast majority of public
groups.
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Phil
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Date: 25 Jun 2007 20:27:42
From: Mark
Subject: Re: Peace in our time?
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Phil wrote:
> Callistus Valerius wrote:
>> I value your discussions, as I do others, but I have noticed a
>> deterioration as character assassinations are now becoming the norm.
>> I've always thought rbt as being a valuable resource for both newbies
>> and experts, and I think I learn something new from it everyday.
>> Also I think politics and religion should be kept out of this
>> newsgroup, as there are plenty of newsgroups out there for someone
>> who wants to practice their taliban like intolerances for
>> non-believers. I know Jim, you are not guilty of the politics and
>> religion point, but I thought I just lump it all in here.
>>
>> This is my direct appeal to you Jim, could you please increase the
>> size of your font. Think of older people, or far-sighted people who
>> have to reach for their magnifying glasses to read your posts.
>> Please, your posts are important, people should read them, why have
>> them not read them because they can't.
>
> KF works. At least RBT is far more civil than the vast majority of public
> groups.
Normally I'd agree, but lately the signal-to-noise ratio in RBT is going
down fast, and (irony of ironies) the signal-to-noise on R.B.racing has
gone up in a serious spike - lots of thoughtful, information-filled
posts. (Who'd have thunk it?) If this trend keeps up, soon all RBT
posts will be prefaced with "dumbass".
Mark J.
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Date: 26 Jun 2007 09:30:51
From: Michael Warner
Subject: Re: Peace in our time?
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On Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:58:18 GMT, Callistus Valerius wrote:
> This is my direct appeal to you Jim, could you please increase the size of
> your font.
Huh? You select the font and size in which posts are displayed in your
newsreader, because they're plain text. If this varies from poster to
poster, there's something strange going on at your end.
--
Home page: http://members.westnet.com.au/mvw
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Date: 26 Jun 2007 02:11:35
From: Callistus Valerius
Subject: Re: Peace in our time?
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" >
> > This is my direct appeal to you Jim, could you please increase the size
of
> > your font.
>
> Huh? You select the font and size in which posts are displayed in your
> newsreader, because they're plain text. If this varies from poster to
> poster, there's something strange going on at your end.
>
> --
> Home page: http://members.westnet.com.au/mvw
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I don't know about that, or thought I did. Jim Beans text is the only one
that is small, all the rest are normal size. Why would that be?
Jim's message:
From: jim beam <User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (X11/20070530)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
Subject: one for timmy
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
Yours:
From: Michael Warner Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
Subject: Re: Peace in our time?
User-Agent: 40tude_Dialog/2.0.15.1
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Mine:
From: "Callistus Valerius" >
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
Subject: Peace in our time?
X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000
X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000
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Date: 25 Jun 2007 22:04:39
From: Tim McNamara
Subject: Re: Peace in our time?
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In article <rB_fi.1040$zA4.214@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net >,
"Callistus Valerius" <jazzyboss@hotmail.com > wrote:
> > > This is my direct appeal to you Jim, could you please increase
> > > the size of your font.
> >
> > Huh? You select the font and size in which posts are displayed in
> > your newsreader, because they're plain text. If this varies from
> > poster to poster, there's something strange going on at your end.
> >
> > -- Home page: http://members.westnet.com.au/mvw
> ----------- I don't know about that, or thought I did. Jim Beans
> text is the only one that is small, all the rest are normal size.
> Why would that be?
>
> Jim's message:
> From: jim beam <User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (X11/20070530)
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
> Subject: one for timmy
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
This is why; from your headers you are using Microsoft Outlook Express
and it appears that is renders UTF-8 in a different font than it renders
ASCII text. You should be able to change this in your preferences. My
newsreader has the same flaw.
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Date: 26 Jun 2007 10:26:35
From: Callistus Valerius
Subject: Re: Peace in our time?
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> > ----------- I don't know about that, or thought I did. Jim Beans
> > text is the only one that is small, all the rest are normal size.
> > Why would that be?
> >
> > Jim's message:
> > From: jim beam <User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (X11/20070530)
> > MIME-Version: 1.0
> > Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
> > Subject: one for timmy
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
>
> This is why; from your headers you are using Microsoft Outlook Express
> and it appears that is renders UTF-8 in a different font than it renders
> ASCII text. You should be able to change this in your preferences. My
> newsreader has the same flaw.
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YES, it worked, thanks. I never thought it was on my side, because his
posts were the only ones that were small. Very strange, but now his text
comes full sized.
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