> > > I don't have a copy, so I can't verify the word count. If it's > > > zero, I sure hope it's out of copyright, or else I just broke > > > copyright law by quoting the entire text without permission.
> > Pff. It's my .sig. See?
> You do not have a proper signature separator for that.
Robert Carnegie wrote: > Default User wrote: > > Robert Carnegie wrote:
> > > Butch Malahide wrote:
> > > > I don't have a copy, so I can't verify the word count. If it's > > > > zero, I sure hope it's out of copyright, or else I just broke > > > > copyright law by quoting the entire text without permission.
> > > Pff. It's my .sig. See?
> > You do not have a proper signature separator for that.
> Sorry, but I can't in Google Groups.
Yes, another failing of GG.
Brian
-- Day 277 of the "no grouchy usenet posts" project
On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:51:30 -0700 (PDT), seanc <discj...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>On Oct 28, 1:33 am, Michael Grosberg <grosberg.mich...@gmail.com> >wrote: >> Cool! >> I seem to remember hearing about some other, longer work, written >> without a certain letter - "a" or "e" I think - does that ring a bell?
>_A Void_, by Georges Perec. Written without an e.
I prefer David Langford's story since his name does not contain an E.
> Robert Carnegie wrote: > > Default User wrote: > > > Robert Carnegie wrote:
> > > > Butch Malahide wrote:
> > > > > I don't have a copy, so I can't verify the word count. If it's > > > > > zero, I sure hope it's out of copyright, or else I just broke > > > > > copyright law by quoting the entire text without permission.
> > > > Pff. It's my .sig. See?
> > > You do not have a proper signature separator for that.
> > Sorry, but I can't in Google Groups.
> Yes, another failing of GG.
Well, I think other newsreaders may have a problem with this particular .sig.
On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:51:30 -0700 (PDT), seanc <discj...@yahoo.com> wrote: >On Oct 28, 1:33 am, Michael Grosberg <grosberg.mich...@gmail.com> >wrote: >> Cool! >> I seem to remember hearing about some other, longer work, written >> without a certain letter - "a" or "e" I think - does that ring a bell?
>_A Void_, by Georges Perec. Written without an e.
The part that I like was that it was originally written in French and then translated into English, and both versions leave out the letter 'e'. I think the translator had a harder job.
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