Re: Mike Tyner? How do you post with underlines

salmonegg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> On 8/30/05 7:58 AM, in article 43147432.A79ACF2A@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, "The Real
> Bev" <bashley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > salmonegg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >>
> >> On 8/28/05 11:10 AM, in article desug812jgf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "crb"
> >> <anon@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >>> How do you post with underlines
> >>
> >> Use HTML.
> >
> > DON'T USE HTML FOR POSTING. EVER.
> >
> > It takes up far more space than plain text on every single news server in the
> > entire world and that's rude as hell, especially since usenet is regarded by
> > many/most ISPs as an expensive and lightly-used feature.
> >
> > If you want to use colors, fancy fonts, blinky happy faces and the rest of
> > that crap, find a private "forum" where such idiocy is allowed, even
> > ENCOURAGED.
>
> Sometimes, html works out well. For example, it is much easier to make some
> mathematical expressions look right using HTML. If you are trying to post
> things like chemical reactions, you can make things that look like
> subscripts instead of something that looks like Al2(SO4)2.

Do you need to do this in sci.med.vision? Does anybody here want you to? I'm
pretty sure I've never seen any ugly chemical expressions here, but I could be
wrong. There's always the FORTRAN convention for superscripts (A**2), but I
don't remember how subscripts were handled. Maybe they just weren't needed.

Throughout recorded history, usenet has been a text-only medium. While
technology provides alternatives, the purists among us see them as crutches
for people whose writing can't stand by itself.

Repeat: DON'T USE HTML FOR POSTING. EVER.

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Cheers,
Bev
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