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Apparently, though unproven, at 02:02 on Sunday 23 January 2011, Stroller did |
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opine thusly: |
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> On 20/1/2011, at 10:08pm, Nuno J. Silva wrote: |
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> > Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de> writes: |
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> >> On 01/20/2011 11:14 AM, |
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> >> hare_krsna_hare_krsna_krsna_krsna_hare_hare_hare_rama_hare_rama_rama_ram |
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> >> a_hare_hare@×××××××.com |
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> > |
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> > I am against hard limits on username lengths, but I think that |
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> > uuencoding the result of gzipping that address yelds a more readable |
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> > address. |
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> Uh, sorry - can you translate, please? |
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He's being witty. |
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Take |
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hare_krsna_hare_krsna_krsna_krsna_hare_hare_hare_rama_hare_rama_rama_rama_hare_hare@×××××××.com, |
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hard to read and type right? |
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Now zip it. Try read the zipped version. |
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Now uuencode the zipped version and try read that. |
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The joke is that the uuencoded zipped version is still easier to read than the |
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original. Which is true enough, as the original address is just bat shit |
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insane crazy long. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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