# Test, no need to read or reply.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-no-need-to-read-or-reply/490138
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**Created:** [March 20, 2009, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-no-need-to-read-or-reply/490138 "2009-03-20T09:17:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2009, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-no-need-to-read-or-reply/490138/1 "2009-03-20T09:17:12Z")
A test of how the automatic reduction of multiple spaces between words is handled in mouse-over.
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### Author:  [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2009, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-no-need-to-read-or-reply/490138/2 "2009-03-20T09:18:50Z")
Ah, very interesting. Additional spaces are reduced to one space in the post itself (as most of us already know) but the mouse-over retains the original formating!
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### Author:  [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2009, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-no-need-to-read-or-reply/490138/3 "2009-03-20T09:22:39Z")
There is a modest prize for anyone who can guess which post prompted this test ;).\*
\*prize not valid for participants ignoring the recommendation to not read or reply to this thread.
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### Author:  [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2009, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-no-need-to-read-or-reply/490138/4 "2009-03-20T16:11:21Z")
[quote=“1920s Style “Death Ray”, post:3, topic:490138”]
There is a modest prize for anyone who can guess which post prompted this test ;).\*
\*prize not valid for participants ignoring the recommendation to not read or reply to this thread.
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I have no idea. I didn’t read this or the Caps Test post. 😛
How modest is this prize, anyway?
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### Author:  [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2009, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-no-need-to-read-or-reply/490138/5 "2009-03-20T18:30:03Z")
I saw your thread first (because I tend to check the forums in order), and then later realised [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=510998) probably inspired it. I thought it was interesting, too :).
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### Author:  [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2009, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-no-need-to-read-or-reply/490138/6 "2009-03-20T23:24:37Z")
Yes that’s the one. I thought it strange that someone would go to the trouble of putting all those spaces between the words.
The prize is cake, however in accordance with the fine print, neither of the respondents are eligible to receive the cake.