Message-ID: <1eljn99.cyxt26zectj4N%jwgh@earthlink.net> Newsgroups: alt.sysadmin.recovery Subject: Work-related poetry. (Was: Re: The return of the killer CVs) From: "Jacob W. Haller" <jwgh at earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 20:28:37 -0500Ewen McNeill <ewen at naos.co.nz> wrote:
[. . .]
ObSomeRandomThread: Someone commented that work related information should be imparted only in the form of a Rant. I think this is unnecessarily restrictive, and we should borrow liberally from "Whose line is it anyway?", and accept other forms as well. Klingon initiation ritual, Shakespearean sonet, and Carry-On sketch would all seem to offer entertaining possiblities. [. . .]
What is this thing the lusers have for Word?
To be specific, why send text-based stuff
as sixty-four bit color gif--absurd!--
Which then's embedded in dot doc. Enough!
If data DNS-related is
demanded of you, send in standard form
That can be parsed by other people, viz:
ASCII with seven bits--for that's the norm.
HTML encoding's quite a bitch;
Some email clients aren't as l33t as yours.
So pity them and use a format which
Won't obfuscate your message. Zut alors!
Conservative in format always be:
A bloated message oft's not read by me.
-jw'you try finding a euphemism for HTML that scans'gh
--
"You just need to 'lighten up' and 'hang loose' and forget about your
'hung up' notions of thermodynamics."
--Richard E. Nickle (rick at trystero.com) on alt.religion.kibology
<8nd24d$qta@news-central.tiac.net> Tue, 15 Aug 2000