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Re: Hey, Nospam

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From Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org>
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Subject Re: Hey, Nospam
Date Wed, 03 Jun 2015 20:46:35 -0700
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In article <slrnmmvi0b.265t.g.kreme@amelia.local>, Lewis
<g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

> I look at it as an antiquated convention. If I have two spaces after a
> period, it is an accident. There is no reason for it other than someone
> 100 years ago or so thought it looked better. I disagree, and I find it
> is very likely to lead to very bad 'rivers' through extended paragraphs.

It was developed because single-spacing after a period made typewritten
text harder to parse.  However, with proportional text, such as with
typeset material, it's always been a single space.

The spacing is, or should be, dependent upon the medium.  Before the
Macintosh, personal computers all used fixed-width text, and
double-spacing after a period was the norm.

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Hey, Nospam Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-06-03 08:32 -0700
  Re: Hey, Nospam android <here@there.was> - 2015-06-03 17:44 +0200
  Re: Hey, Nospam awoolmeyer@gmail.com - 2015-06-03 10:42 -0700
  Re: Hey, Nospam "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-06-04 06:47 +1000
    Re: Hey, Nospam BobbyK <bknight@Conramp.net> - 2015-06-03 17:01 -0500
      Re: Hey, Nospam "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-06-04 14:13 +1000
        Re: Hey, Nospam BobbyK <bknight@Conramp.net> - 2015-06-04 06:44 -0500
          Re: Hey, Nospam "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-06-05 07:13 +1000
            Re: Hey, Nospam BobbyK <bknight@Conramp.net> - 2015-06-04 17:55 -0500
              Re: Hey, Nospam "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-06-05 11:45 +1000
                Re: Hey, Nospam BobbyK <bknight@Conramp.net> - 2015-06-04 21:37 -0500
                Re: Hey, Nospam "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-06-05 14:36 +1000
      Re: Hey, Nospam Aldo Raine <apache@scalpem.net> - 2015-06-04 08:55 -0400
      Re: Hey, Nospam gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-06-04 10:00 -0700
        Re: Hey, Nospam Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-06-05 07:51 +0000
      Re: Hey, Nospam George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2015-06-06 08:37 -0500
  Re: Hey, Nospam Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-06-03 17:57 -0400
    Re: Hey, Nospam Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-06-03 16:12 -0700
      Re: Hey, Nospam nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-06-03 23:11 -0400
        Re: Hey, Nospam Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-06-03 20:42 -0700
          Re: Hey, Nospam "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-06-04 14:17 +1000
            Re: Hey, Nospam Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-06-03 21:34 -0700
              Re: Hey, Nospam jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2015-06-04 16:41 +1200
              Re: Hey, Nospam "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-06-05 07:09 +1000
            Re: Hey, Nospam me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-06-04 13:12 +0000
          Re: Hey, Nospam News <News@Group.Post> - 2015-06-04 07:20 -0400
            Re: Hey, Nospam Aldo Raine <apache@scalpem.net> - 2015-06-04 09:00 -0400
      Re: Hey, Nospam "Lee Waun" <leewaun@telus.net> - 2015-06-05 20:04 -0700
    Re: Hey, Nospam nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-06-03 23:11 -0400
      Re: Hey, Nospam Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-06-03 20:41 -0700
        Re: Hey, Nospam nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-06-03 23:53 -0400
          Re: Hey, Nospam Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-06-03 21:30 -0700
            Re: Hey, Nospam me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-06-04 13:14 +0000
              Re: Hey, Nospam nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-06-04 12:52 -0400
                Re: Hey, Nospam Király <ggrandish@gmail.com> - 2015-06-04 10:08 -0700
                Re: Hey, Nospam nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-06-04 13:58 -0400
                Re: Hey, Nospam Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-06-04 18:45 +0100
                Re: Hey, Nospam nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-06-04 13:58 -0400
                Re: Hey, Nospam Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-06-04 21:20 +0100
                Re: Hey, Nospam "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-06-05 07:24 +1000
                Re: Hey, Nospam nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-06-04 18:09 -0400
                Re: Hey, Nospam "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-06-05 11:37 +1000
                Re: Hey, Nospam nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-06-04 22:02 -0400
                Re: Hey, Nospam "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-06-05 14:19 +1000
                Re: Hey, Nospam "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-06-05 07:18 +1000
                Re: Hey, Nospam nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-06-04 18:09 -0400
                Re: Hey, Nospam "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-06-05 11:39 +1000
                Re: Hey, Nospam nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-06-04 22:02 -0400
                Re: Hey, Nospam BobbyK <bknight@Conramp.net> - 2015-06-04 21:39 -0500
                Re: Hey, Nospam "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-06-05 14:37 +1000
                Re: Hey, Nospam BobbyK <bknight@Conramp.net> - 2015-06-05 08:07 -0500
                Re: Hey, Nospam "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-06-06 13:04 +1000
                Re: Hey, Nospam "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-06-05 14:21 +1000
                Re: Hey, Nospam JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-06-04 22:13 -0400
                Re: Hey, Nospam "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-06-05 14:36 +1000
                Re: Hey, Nospam JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-06-05 01:07 -0400
                Re: Hey, Nospam "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-06-05 15:49 +1000
                Re: Hey, Nospam JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-06-05 16:46 -0400
                Re: Hey, Nospam "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-06-06 15:17 +1000
              Re: Hey, Nospam JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-06-04 13:44 -0400
                Re: Hey, Nospam ggrandish@gmail.com - 2015-06-04 10:51 -0700
                Re: Hey, Nospam nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-06-04 13:58 -0400
                Re: Hey, Nospam JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-06-04 14:51 -0400
                Re: Hey, Nospam "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-06-05 07:22 +1000
      Re: Hey, Nospam George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2015-06-06 08:38 -0500
    Re: Hey, Nospam George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2015-06-06 08:36 -0500
  Re: Hey, Nospam ggrandish@gmail.com - 2015-06-03 15:44 -0700
    Re: Hey, Nospam Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-06-03 16:14 -0700
      Re: Hey, Nospam Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-06-04 03:36 +0000
        Re: Hey, Nospam Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-06-03 20:46 -0700
          Re: Hey, Nospam Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-06-05 07:38 +0000
        Re: Hey, Nospam Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-06-04 08:50 +0100
    Re: Hey, Nospam jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2015-06-04 16:38 +1200
  Re: Hey, Nospam George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2015-06-06 08:35 -0500

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