Smoke alarms aren't always any good

Jan 18, 2012 53 Replies

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There is no such thing as a troll. Why would someone ask questions for the sake of it?

Lieutenant Scott :

Whoosh...

Bollocks. I'm trying to point out that line length is irrelevant to anyone who doesn't have OCD.

What's next? The number of words in each sentence must be between 7 and 9?

Lieutenant Scott :

And I'm pointing out that I *like* your long lines because it alerts me to the fact that there's nothing worth reading there. If I wanted to read your words I might dislike your line lengths. But I don't.

That's the Grecian urn, isn't it?

Your wife went on her own accord?:-)

doesn't have OCD.

It's not irrelevant, it's common courtesy - and a usenet standard, somewhere.

who doesn't have OCD.

It's for people who look like this, and use green screen monitors:

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Your reverse psychology won't work on me.

for uses of these:

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even that's a modern device.

Its when you use one of those, that vi makes perfect sense..

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