Date: Wed, 1 Feb 1995 17:02:14 -0600 (CST) From: faulkner@mpd.tandem.com (Boyd Faulkner) To: jkh@freefall.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: hackers@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: this is silly - really! Message-ID: <9502012302.AA00659@olympus> 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 -- _______________________________________________________________________ Boyd Faulkner faulkner@isd.tandem.com _______________________________________________________________________
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