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Hacker in NYC.
Friday June 15, 2007
10:36 PM
Signal to Noise
Email used to be a simple text* channel for the exchange of ideas. Of course, over time, like many channels the signal to noise ratio approaches zero.
I think the email I just received is a sign of impending doom. A simple message, just three short paragraphs containing 201 words. Unfortunately the alternative HTML rendering with leaf motif stationary increased this 1,222 byte message to 33,547-- 96.35% of the message was fluff.
* I remember the joys of UUDECODE.
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a perl construct is related to its length. On the other hand, I'm
perfectly capable of changing my mind next week... :-) --lwall
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