From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Feb 1 06:13:05 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id GAA10879 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 1 Feb 1995 06:13:05 -0800 Received: from ns.GE.com (ns.ge.com [192.35.39.24]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with SMTP id GAA10873; Wed, 1 Feb 1995 06:13:00 -0800 Received: from thomas.ge.com by ns.GE.com (5.65/GE Gateway 1.32) with SMTP id AA16899; Wed, 1 Feb 1995 09:12:39 -0500 Received: from carsdb.salem.ge.com by thomas.ge.com (5.65/GE Internal Gateway 1.26) with SMTP id AA24705; Wed, 1 Feb 1995 09:12:28 -0500 Received: from combs.salem.ge.com by salem.ge.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA29503; Wed, 1 Feb 95 09:12:32 EST Received: by combs.salem.ge.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA20492; Wed, 1 Feb 95 09:12:31 EST Date: Wed, 1 Feb 95 09:12:31 EST From: combssf@salem.ge.com (Stephen F. Combs [Network Services) Message-Id: <9502011412.AA20492@combs.salem.ge.com> To: jkh@freefall.cdrom.com Cc: hackers@freefall.cdrom.com In-Reply-To: <199502011214.EAA05180@freefall.cdrom.com> (jkh@freefall.cdrom.com) Subject: Re: this is silly - really! Reply-To: CombsSF@salem.ge.com Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jordan, Whatever makes you happy! It doesn't bother me either way! Steve C. > Date: Wed, 1 Feb 1995 04:14:09 -0800 > From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" > Sender: hackers-owner@freebsd.org > Precedence: bulk > > ok, just a quick straw poll. how many people out there _really object_ > when somebody sends them something in all lower-case, too lazy to even > capitalize after punctuation? this used to sort of bother me until finally > the light dawned yesterday and i understood - it's a lot *faster* to > type when you ignore case! gee! revelation! :-) now it's no coincidence > that all my very busiest friends all started doing this around the > same time! :-) > > on the other hand, as you can plainly see, it looks kinda stupid. > > it is certainly much faster to type, and you run into less run-on mistakes > where you get two letters cap'd and then you have to go back and muck it all > up for awhile until finally you can go on to the next word. bah. > > so what's the concensus? go for fast but ugly or slower but more > elegant? :-) > > jordan > > =============================================================================== (My employer is in NO WAY responsible for the opinions expressed herein) Stephen F. Combs Internet: CombsSF@Salem.GE.COM GE Industrial Sales & Services Voice: 703.387.8828 Network Services Home: CombsSF-Home@Salem.GE.COM 1501 Roanoke Blvd Home Voice: 703.389.9524 Salem, VA 24153 (not reliable after 9:30pm, 'cuz 'tis my link) ===============================================================================