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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 6 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 Re: The Final Word? #10468 11/30/00 05:20 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 347 Melbourne, Australia M Marty enthusiast Marty enthusiast M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 347 Melbourne, Australia >Is there some reason we shouldn't use more than 250 characters? I'm sure this particular barrier has been breached here on more than one occasion. Bingley, Wow was referring to the bio on her profile, which does appear to be limited to 250 characters. In "normal" postings, shanks has gone way over 250 words. And that was just the opening sentence! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The Final Word? #10469 11/30/00 05:35 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 M Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 In reply to: In "normal" postings, shanks has gone way over 250 words. And that was just the opening sentence! Now, now, don't sell our shanks short! His opening sentences tend to exceed 250 clauses! (Salaam, Ravi Sahib) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Malaikum Salaam #10470 11/30/00 10:00 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK shanks old hand shanks old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK And may the blessings of Allah be upon you, your four wives, your two sons and one daughter by your first former wide, your three daughters, one son and three grandchildren by your second former wife, your two daughters, three granddaughters and two grandsons by your first cureent wife, your camels, your oil wells and... Ah- 250 clauses is too easy. Give me a challenge now! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The Final Word? #10471 11/30/00 02:21 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England F FishonaBike veteran FishonaBike veteran F Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England whangdoodles or whigmaleeries Hey! Get thee to Meaningless Words with these, tsuwm, and flaunt them with pride! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The Final Word? #10472 11/30/00 07:58 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC >I used AHIP because I ran over 250 characters. I wondered why I was feeling a bit run down. Must have been among those 250 AWADers (er characters.) TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Malaikum Salaam #10473 12/01/00 07:41 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta In reply to: And may the blessings of Allah be upon you, your four wives, your two sons and one daughter by your first former wide, your three daughters, one son and three grandchildren by your second former wife, your two daughters, three granddaughters and two grandsons by your first cureent wife, your camels, your oil wells and... Sorry shanks, that's still only one clause (maybe heading for 250 phrases but that's another matter). Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Malaikum Salaam #10474 12/04/00 04:03 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 347 Melbourne, Australia M Marty enthusiast Marty enthusiast M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 347 Melbourne, Australia I think shanks is working himself up to post, in a few short weeks' time, the granddaddy of all clauses... ...the Santa Claus. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The Final Word? #10475 12/04/00 07:15 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England While I'm not sure of this (in this instance), the 250-character limit (usually 255) is because that is the size of a standard text field for most programming languages. Since most of this website will be built using VBScript or Javascript, it's likely that whoever put it together cut a few corners ... or chose to save space. 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