Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site lanl.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!qantel!dual!vecpyr!lll-lcc!lll-crg!seismo!cmcl2!lanl!jkw From: jkw@lanl.ARPA Newsgroups: net.astro Subject: Re: StarDate: November 2 Spica and Venus Message-ID: <32944@lanl.ARPA> Date: Wed, 6-Nov-85 10:54:38 EST Article-I.D.: lanl.32944 Posted: Wed Nov 6 10:54:38 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Nov-85 10:14:04 EST References: <18@utastro.UUCP> <12906@rochester.UUCP> Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory Lines: 14 > Let me first of all say that I enjoy the StarDate series. It is > informative even if I never get the chance to see the heavenly > bodies mentioned due to inclement weather or what not. > > My peeve is the constant use of the phrase "More -- after this". > It gives me bad memories of TV commercial breaks. As far as I ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > can see, it usually is "More -- after this newline". How about > dropping it? That's exactly why it's there -- the Stardate articles you see are actually scripts for the radio program and somebody has to pay for them. Hence, commercial breaks.