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Re: SEF did it again (RTF) also Netrek update!

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From: Jess Anderson
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 03:29
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In article <1992Apr11.022557.4653@kithrup.COM>
sef@kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan) writes:

Uh-oh ...

>In article <1992Apr11.015816.15932@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>
>mcn@b62103.student.cwru.edu writes:

>Proof positive that going to a decent university does not
>imply maturity.

An excellent point that could have been made with no loss of
moral suasion without quoting his entire article.

The one-line addition at the bottom of the 80-line quote
probably accounts for ten times the wasted file space and
transmission expense of all the world's RTFs together.
The latter is your bug-bear; the former is mine.

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From: anderson@macc.wisc.edu (Jess Anderson)
Subject: Re: SEF did it again (RTF) also Netrek update!
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