Re: Question on device driver ? [OT]

Walter Roberson wrote:
In article <xN-dnXda-cpCFmzbnZ2dnUVZ8qeknZ2d@xxxxxx>,
Richard Heathfield <rjh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Walter Roberson said:

In article <VsadnXdb_eshGGzbRVnyiAA@xxxxxx>,
Richard Heathfield <rjh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

but if we're talking RFCs, Chuck's sig is in excess of four lines; this
is a clear violation of RFC 1855, as has been pointed out to him on
sufficiently many occasions that he should have taken the hint by now.

"Rule of thumb", not "MUST".

Indeed. Nobody is forcing Chuck to change his sig. Nobody is saying "must".

Richard, you said, and I quote, "this is in clear violation of RFC 1855".
What part of RFC 1855 is it in "clear" violation of? Be specific.

I already quoted the only relevant portion of RFC 1855 that -I-
could find, and there is no "clear violation" of that section, because
that section only discusses a "rule of thumb" value, not a firm value.
But you wrote "clear violation", so either you were wrong in that
statement and the violation (if that is what it is) is *not* "clear"
or else you had some other section of RFC 1855 in mind.


But by refusing to observe this rule (which, as I understand it, is specifically designed to make Usenet cheaper for those people who are still on dialup), he loses any moral high ground from which he might reasonably criticise netiquette in others.

There -are- people still on dialup for Usenet, but I have to question
whether the amount of extra data transmitted with respect to
the terranews portion of Chuck's postings has amounted to anywhere
near the verbage we have expended in discussing the issue -- or
discussing ells and the like. Chuck isn't exactly the most verbose
poster around, nor the most frequent. (Now, *I* would be in
contention for the most verbose; though not the most frequent in -this-
newsgroup.)

In which world are you living on?

My daughter downloads Japanese films with that e-mule
software... She filled several disk drives, so now she doesn't download
them at all but just watches the movies in comics/japanese "manga"
sites...

I have a 200K/second line just for her.

And you are discussing about the few *bytes* of CBFalconer signature
?????

This is completely ridiculous
.

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