Re: Anyone moved to LED Lighting?

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On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:48:19 +0000 (UTC), don@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Don
Klipstein) wrote:

>In article <xaBYm.12553$ft1.9919@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Josepi wrote:
>>"greater than" is only a usage in mathematically expressions for a ">"
>>symbol. There are many proper names for the symbol but the mathematical
>>usage or meaning does not apply here.
>
>  Then why does HTML call them that?
>
>>Some Usenet browsers have evolved to more advanced levels and support the
>>style, quite well. Your style is only one of the many used on Usenet and
>>other forums.
>>
>>My Usenet browser can read and write posts on Usenet. Are you using a
>>separate newswriter to post?
>
>  I read and post with the same software.
>
>>I see no confusion. All text is with the respective headers containing the
>>reference, who posted it and sometimes the time and other details, depending
>>on the browser used.
>
>  The few times I used a browser software package to post, it added those
>symbols at the beginning of every quoted line, same as software intended
>for Usenet use.  It certainly does that when I reply to e-mails.  That was
>the composer automatically invoked by the mail/news software included into
>Netscape 4.7.
>
>  However, I have done at least 99.9% of my postings with tin or slrn
>running on a Unix shell account.  My guess is that they invoke Pine or
>something similar for composing.
>
>  Now I notice that whatever you are using is not adding them at all.
>That can make things confusing when people used to this Usenet convention
>of using these (or occaisionally alternatives such as colons) snip out
>signatures and stuff from signature files to edit for space.
>

Using the Usenet STANDARD of "greater than" symbols is not just for
the convenience of sighted people. News reader software for the blind
depends on those symbol to find just the most recent post, and also be
able to maneuver around a post, from fresh, to previous to 2nd
previous, etc.