New posting rules for Fedora List, From Linus.

[Doug Stewart]

Linus Torvaldz wrote:
> I've heard about the recent problems on this list and I've decided to
> use my status as the founder of Linux to step in and settle matter of
> how to post to the list and put the matter to rest.
> 
> Rule #1   Posting content format
> All posts to the list from this point forward must be set to have a
> fixed display width of 4,317 inches (or the metric equivalent, 6
> millimeters).
> 
> The background color must be set to black and the font color must be
> set to 0XFFFFFF.
> 
> After composing your message to the above standards, preferable using
> either version three of Microsoft Word, (WINE, VMware may help here)
> or any version of Star-Writer, take a screen shot of your message and
> convert the resulting graphic to gif format and then to "bmp" format.
> 
> Rule #2   Character set selection for all postings:
> All email shall be posted in  utf-8 for Sanskrit (utfskt)
> see: 
> http://www.indologie.uni-halle.de/software/utf.htm
> "Typesetting Sanskrit Texts with OmegaTeX"
> 
> Rule #3    Quoting rules
> 
> All quoted text must be formatted in the Classic Sideways Diagonal All
> Caps format. Aka "CSDACF".
> 
> If you cannot persuade your system to produce CSDACF then you must use
> the "Colonial Reversed Aromatics Pulsed Standard" -  aka "CRAPS".
> 
> The CRAPS standard requires that all inform nation be completely
> reversed both in format and synchronicity.
> 
> For example the above sentence would be presented as :
> 
> .yticinorhcnys dna tamrof ni htob desrever yletelpmoc eb noitan mrofni
> lla taht seriuqer dradnats SPARC ehT
> 
> 
> To conform to the synchonicity requirement use the table below to
> determine how to respond to all postings to the list from here after:
> 
>     Topics posted on:   |     may be responded to on:
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>             3/31/05                    4/1/05
>             3/30/05                    4/2/05
>             3/29/05                    4/3/05
>                 .                                .
>                 .                                .
>               etc                            etc
> 
> 
> Please enjoy the convenience and ease of these new posting rules.  
> 
> Please send your complaints and suggestions to root at Bell.labs.com 
> 
> 
> Sincerely, 
> Linuz
> 

What, no requirement to use IP over pigeon?

Please see RFC1149 for further details:
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1149.txt

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Doug Stewart
Systems Administrator/Web Applications Developer
Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Labs
dstewart at atl.lmco.com