Re: Why we shouldn' use ASCII text

[Jon Crowcroft]

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Taylor Salman typed:


 >>ASCII text shouldn't be accepted because:<br>

 >>Pen and paper is by far the most portable format on the planet and
 >>beyond.

i disagree - 

i) the americans spent a lot of money on spaceworthy pens,
but the russians showed that PENCILS are fine

ii) paper burns at farenheit 451 (ref: burroughs, '63, truffaut '68], 
this many IETF meetings generate enough heat to ignite any draft being 
discussed if presented in this format

so we need to use pencil and (unprocessed) wood

j.