Re: SB: Re: Re: RE: summation

["Douglas L. Roorda" <douglasr@softhome.net>]

Dear David,

As a technical writer I disagree strongly with your statement "the letters 
read the same big or small" . Lower case only is annoying and leads to only 
slightly less automatic delete than does upper case only. 
youknowyoucouldjustgetridofthespacestoosincethespacesdontreallymeananythingeventhoughinformationtheorytellsusthatthetypesofredundancybuiltintousingupperandlowercaseaswellasaddingspacesandpunctionmakesitsignifigantlyeasiertoreadaswellaspreventmisunderstandingsandnotannoyingpeopleunnecessarilyandbesideswhetheryouarepicklyisntthepointsinceyoupresumablyarewritingforotherstooreadnotyourselfallthebestdougroorda 
[Here he breaks into regular mode to insert a smiley face emoticon :-) ]

withapologiestodavidwhowillreceivethistwicesinceIstillcantremembertohitreplyallimustnotbethatpicklyeitherexclamationpointexclamationpoint

At 12:06 AM 7/27/02 -0500, you wrote:
i hate to disappoint you, but if i had a new key board, i still wouldnt
use correct punctuation or caps. just a few less ..... and a few more
question marks. the letters read the same big or small. im not that
picky i guess.

d


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