Re: "proportional"

William Elliot wrote (in part):

Anyway, if quoting is fixed, then why is mathmaniaman
unable to ever include any context?

According to google's "Show original" format (URL below),
it appears that mathman is posting through The Math Forum.
I use Math Forum for some other groups (non-Usenet), and
thus I happen to know that you need to do something extra
in order to get the original message quoted. [I never
bother, since I always prepare my posts on a desktop text
editor first. I do this because several times over the years
I've lost all the text of a well crafted post due to a power
disruption, a problem with my post not getting through for
some reason (and not being able to return to the text by
using the "back" button), etc.] I often find myself scratching
my head when people post without context, but maybe this is
the (former) teacher in me who was always trying to anticipate
how someone could misunderstand me, or perhaps it's the former
student in me who was always concerned about the possibility
of losing points simply because I didn't make my answers and
supporting work sufficiently clear.

http://groups.google.com/group/sci.math/msg/c0473c9202a9d017?dmode=source

Dave L. Renfro

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