[lug] CBS/Dan Rather Forgeries [was "Fixed-width fonts for email?"]

[Jeffrey Haemer]

A separate thread for a separate discussion.

On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 3:50 PM, Bear Giles <bgiles at coyotesong.com> wrote:

> I switched to developing in proportional fonts a few years ago.  The key is
> having a good source formatter and using it regularly.  At work we swear by
> eclipse IDE + jalopy.  I know eclipse has a 'C/C++' mode, but I don't know
> what formatters are available for it.
>
> BTW the subsequent investigation verified the authenticity of the
> -information- in those forgeries, but by then it was old news.  It looks
> pretty clear that it was a classic dirty trick.  They knew the information
> would get out, so they created a not-quite-good-enough forgery using the
> real information (or something very close to it) and leaked it.  That meant
> the story would be picked up, discredited, and then the real story would be
> ignored even when solid evidence came up.
>
> Bear
>
> Jeffrey Haemer wrote:
>
>> Do you still use fixed-width fonts to read email?
>>
>> I occasionally get email that contains ASCII graphics.  That won't work as
>> intended in my typical mail client (Gmail).   My early email clients (mail,
>> Mail, mailx, ...) were fixed-width, but those haven't been my primary
>> clients for years.
>>
>> The Dan Rather/CBS News forgeries suggest that even by 2004, most
>> non-technical people were unaware that fixed-width fonts had ever existed.
>>  We geeks, however, still use them daily for programming.
>>
>> So, how about it?  Does your default mail reader still format the box,
>> below, as a box, with nice, lined-up edges and corners?  Just curious.
>>
>> +----------------+
>> | THIS IS A BOX. |
>> +----------------+
>>
>> (And yes, I know I *could* make Gmail use fixed-width fonts.)
>>
>> --
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>> >>
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