Re: "Microsoft Update" offers 898461 for XP SP3

Stefan Kanthak wrote:
"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
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Who asked you? Who says there's a limit?
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Stefan Kanthak wrote:
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http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt
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Given how that whole document (your link) is phrased - it is a
suggestion...

As most RFCs are.

Example (first true paragraph):
"This memo provides information for the Internet community. This
memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind."

Later example - likely what you are referring to in this
conversation: "If you include a signature keep it short. Rule of
thumb is no longer than 4 lines."

( *note*: rule of thumb...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thumb and
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Rule%20of%20Thumb )

So - a *suggestion* and a way to make things easier for those who
pay for bandwidth by the bit, perhaps. Standard or definite rule
- no.
~~~~~~~
Did *I* say it's a standard or definite rule?
It's a suggestion or proposition to thinking people.

My favorite part to quote of that document...
"October 1995"

If you think that RFC is outdated: I suppose you are very welcome
to write an update and submit it to the RFC editor.

I remember 1995. I think they had just started testing cable
modems in my area. No I can get Cable Modem, DSL, Wireless DSL,
Satellite, etc... And

*I*, *I*, *I*
*YOU* might get high-speed high-bandwith connections ... at home,
at work. What about abroad?
Not ALL the people on this planet can get or have it anywhere and
anytime.

many of those at about the same price (slightly more, one actually
less in some cases) as dial-up - some including dial-up as a
'backup'...

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;DE;NGNetikette
explicitly asks to quote only the part you are referencing and to
avoid these horrible full quotes.


Good luck!

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html


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