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Re: Minifig Head w/ Headset Over Brown Hair & Eyebrows
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Fri, 7 Jun 2002 19:20:54 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Steve Bliss writes:
In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Franklin W. Cain writes:
(psst!  your ruler is off by 2 places! ;)

Nope.  It's a counter of usable spaces in comment lines, _after_ the
obligatory zero-and-a-space...  ;-)

In that case, it should stop sooner. :p

Uh, why?  There isn't a maximum row-width, is there?

I usually figure 80 columns is the max, unless a line is required to go
longer.

The legacy of punched cards :-(

Chris



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  punch cards (was "Minifig Head w/ Headset Over Brown Hair")
 
(...) Tell me about it. Sheesh. :-P Trivia note: Punch cards are the size that they are because that was the size of the U.S. bills printed by the U.S. Treasury at the time that punch cards were invented. What decade/era was this? (Answer is (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
  Re: Minifig Head w/ Headset Over Brown Hair & Eyebrows
 
(...) Heehe. Maybe it's the legacy of 8.5" wide paper, combined with 10-pitch typewriters... Steve (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)

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  Re: Minifig Head w/ Headset Over Brown Hair & Eyebrows
 
(...) I usually figure 80 columns is the max, unless a line is required to go longer. (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)

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