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From: faulkner@mpd.tandem.com (Boyd Faulkner)
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Subject: Re: this is silly - really!
To: jkh@freefall.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 1995 17:02:14 -0600 (CST)
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In-Reply-To: <199502011214.EAA05180@freefall.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Feb 1, 95 04:14:09 am
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> 
> 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
> 
> 
I don't care as long as you spell it right.  Running into a spelling error is
like running into a wall.  Ouch.

Boyd

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 Boyd Faulkner                                  faulkner@isd.tandem.com 
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