At 01:18 AM 5/24/01 +0200, Jeroen wrote:
>At 21:16 22-5-01 -0500, Ronn Blankenship wrote:
>
>>The New York Times
>>May 22, 2001
>>
>><http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/22/science/22BANG.html>
>>(includes graphics and multimedia)
>>
>>
>>Before the Big Bang, There Was . . . What?
>>By DENNIS OVERBYE
>
><snipped copy of NYT article>
>
>C'mon man, don't do that! Just give the URL, and tell us in a few lines
>(30 words or something like that) what the article is about. Many of us
>get their e-mail through a dial-up connection, and outside the US those
>calls often aren't free. You know, longer emails equals longer download
>time equals higher phone bill.
I'm sorry. There are other people, though, who complain if they have to
click on a URL instead of having the article before them. I don't mean to
cause anyone any excess trouble: unfortunately, though, different people
want different things. One thing _no one_ likes is what you get when you
click on the "e-mail this article" button on most news service web
sites: it sends a message that says "<your name> thought you would enjoy
the article at <URL>" (usually followed by a bunch of ads).
-- Ronn! :)
