[plug] [OT] fear of posting

Russell Steicke r.steicke at bom.gov.au
Mon Sep 20 15:02:50 WST 2004


On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 02:54:58PM +0800, James Devenish wrote:
> In message <Pine.LNX.4.44.0409201459190.23885-100000 at BBRH73.busby.net>
> on Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 03:00:35PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
> > On Mon, 20 Sep 2004, Craig Ringer wrote:
> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_Law
> > Whatever that URL points to, does not work with lynx.
> Hmm...works in w3m.

Works in lynx for me, too.  Try this, Bret (quoted for the shell's
command line):

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin\'s_Law

And amusingly, the article contains this:

    Meldrum's Corollary:
          As a drawn-out online argument grows longer, the probability
          of someone picking up on typos or punctuation errors in
          order to score points approaches one.

:)



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Russell Steicke

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