Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!sgiblab!sgigate.sgi.com!olivea!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!nic-nac.CSU.net!pravda.sdsc.edu!acsc.com!wp-sp.nba.trw.com!newswire.etdesg.TRW.COM!mnance.sdd.trw.com!user From: mike_nance@qmail4.sp.trw.com (Mike Nance) Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom Subject: Re: 7th Guest Question Followup-To: alt.cd-rom,comp.sys.mac.games Date: 15 Apr 1994 18:35:11 GMT Organization: TRW, Inc. Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: <1994Apr15.173239.1916@chemabs.uucp> NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.193.92.155 In article <1994Apr15.173239.1916@chemabs.uucp>, brh54@cas.org (Brooks Haderlie) wrote: > Since my copy of The 7th Guest just arrived yesterday, I would really appreciate > it if postings on this list would follow the basic rules of netiquette that are > quite stringently adhered to on similar lists: > > o If you're going to give away part of the solution to a game, put "Spoilers" or > something similar in the Subject so as to warn people who don't (yet) want to > see that kind of information. > o In the body of the text, use 20-25 carriage returns before giving away the goods > so that the reader has to scroll down to see the information. > o Also add a line feed character (^L) so that if people do want to print out the > info, the solution is printed on a separate page. > > For what it's worth, I've never seen a single posting on any group from anyone who > actually solved the microscope problem on their own. > > Thanks! > Brooks > > ************************************************************************* > * Brooks Haderlie (brh54@cas.org) * If at first you don't succeed, * > * Columbus, OH by way of Ucon, ID * change the definition of success. * > * --------------------------------------------------------------------- * > * These opinions do not necessarily reflect those of my employer. * > *********************************************************************** Usually when you see the letters RE in front of the subject it means REPLY. What did you expect to see a recipe for for cookies. How much extra space do you really expect other people to have to go throught because you can't bypass an obvious responce to a question. -- ------------------ mike_nance@qmail4.sp.trw.com "We may have earthquakes but at least we aren't shoveling snow"