Re: 3 questions... 2 about newlines, and one on how to be NICE

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... a long long time ago (You guys guess my age) a newline “\n” was considered a LineFeed (0x0A). Then Selectric typewriters ...

Hey, you just contributed some interesting stuff to add to my "neato facts" files! I never really stopped to think where those terms actually came from. ... Nice post. Just one small question ... just what exactly is this "typewriter" thing you speak of?

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Re^2: 3 questions... 2 about newlines, and one on how to be NICE by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jan 10, 2005 at 23:47 UTC
just what exactly is this "typewriter" thing you speak of? A complete misnomer used to name an obsolete piece of mechanical and latterly electro-mechanical equipement specifically designed to make writing slower and harder than it need be. The misnomer? The damn things never "righted" anything I ever typed on one! Examine what is said, not who speaks. Silence betokens consent. Love the truth but pardon error.	[reply]

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Re^2: 3 questions... 2 about newlines, and one on how to be NICE
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jan 10, 2005 at 23:47 UTC

just what exactly is this "typewriter" thing you speak of?

A complete misnomer used to name an obsolete piece of mechanical and latterly electro-mechanical equipement specifically designed to make writing slower and harder than it need be.

The misnomer? The damn things never "righted" anything I ever typed on one!

Examine what is said, not who speaks.

Silence betokens consent.

Love the truth but pardon error.

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