Re: Famous Spammer Uses Challenge-Responses

From: Andreas Janssen (andreas.janssen_at_bigfoot.com)
Date: 07/18/04 

Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 18:15:00 +0200

Hello

Floyd L. Davidson (<floyd@barrow.com>) wrote:

> As I noted, it is impossible for me to prevent a reader from
> using foolish configuration options or poorly designed software.
> [...]
> You do realize that if text is formatted into columns, for
> example to present a table of useful information in a readable
> manner, *you* are going to have a mess rather than anything
> useful.

If a user feels the need to do it, he or she can switch to monospaced
fonts anytime. With knode all I have to do is to press "x", and your
message (especially diagrams, tables and all kind of ASCII art) will be
displayed the way you wrote it. Yet I definitely don't prefer to read
large amounts of text that way. I prefer some sans-serif font like
Arial, Verdana or Helvetica, no matter what /you/ think is good for me.

The really foolish thing is that you think it would be good if you could
dictate the way others see your messages. One of the big advantages of
emails, usenet posts and web pages is that the /reader/ can decide how
the content is displayed to him - by choosing the fonts for his
applications, by setting up user defined style sheets for his web
browser, and by using the other means he has to make his applications
display everything to /his/ needs, not to yours. If you think
differently, maybe you should start sending your posts as PDF files.

best regards
        Andreas Janssen 

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