From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 17 18:14:31 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33B3A1065671 for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:14:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kayve@sfsu.edu) Received: from iron1.sfsu.edu (iron1.sfsu.edu [130.212.10.35]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1548B8FC1B for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:14:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kayve@sfsu.edu) X-onepass: IPPSC X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApoEAANS3keC1Apk/2dsb2JhbACoPg Received: from smtp01.sfsu.edu ([130.212.10.100]) by iron1.sfsu.edu with ESMTP; 17 Mar 2008 11:14:30 -0700 Received: from libra.sfsu.edu ([130.212.10.238]) by mail05a.sfsu.edu (Lotus Domino Release 7.0.3HF378) with ESMTP id 2008031711142925-784 ; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:14:29 -0700 Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:14:29 -0700 (PDT) From: KAYVEN RIESE To: Astrodog In-Reply-To: <2fd864e0803170542p3c0ce2cscd5279c57e0cfc25@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <478556AD.6090400@bsdforen.de> <20080110170010.GA16567@volatile.engineering.cwru.edu> <20080111115804.T2095@klein.bigpond.com> <47DAF203.40106@emailrob.com> <47DB7009.1020606@highperformance.net> <20080315212432.45787@caamora.com.au> <47DC0756.4050304@highperformance.net> <20080316032755.GB74896@kobe.laptop> <47DDD5E5.4020001@daleco.biz> <2fd864e0803170542p3c0ce2cscd5279c57e0cfc25@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on MAIL05a/SERVERS/SFSU(Release 7.0.3HF378 | February 28, 2008) at 03/17/2008 11:14:29, Serialize by Router on SMTP01/SERVERS/SFSU(Release 7.0.3HF378 | February 28, 2008) at 03/17/2008 11:14:30, Serialize complete at 03/17/2008 11:14:30 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: "j. ron heeblack" , fbsd_chat Subject: Re: on content versus presentation [ was: Re: Why the FreeBSD license will not be changing ] X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:14:31 -0000 On Mon, 17 Mar 2008, Astrodog wrote: > Just as "I really enjoy drinking heavily then driving like Mario > Andretti, Officer Smith" is much more understandable, and can be read > faster than, "ireallyenjoydrinkingheavilythendrivinglikemarioandrettiofficersmith" i really enjoy drinking heavily then driving like mario andretti, officer smith. GET YER FACTS STRAIGHT!!! {:D > These rules do not exist for your, personal, outgoing communication's > benefit. They exist to assist people reading what others have written. > I know of very few people who follow these rules when writing notes > for their own use. fyi, i know a NUMBER of people who write like this because it is faster to type. the space bar is very easy to hit i am not suggesting abolishing that. i don't think sentence beginning capitalization is significantly facilitating in ease of reading. capitalizing can be a distraction sometimes the rules are subtle. i find myself spending more time wondering if things are proper nouns than the *@(#& content. ppl who COMPLAIN about lack of capitalization waste more time on that than the subject at hand. >While you can elect to ignore these rules in > communication with others, doing so makes understanding things you > write more difficult. These kinds of mistakes also make ambiguous > sentences more likely to occur, as the building blocks of the sentence > are not recognizable by others. i capitalize things like freeBSD and NaK ATPase as such. i don't like to waste bending for the shift key if i am having what my mom has called distertations if i get on a serious train of thought. > Needless to say, fluency with these rules will not be consistent > across a large group of people. However, the fact that some people do > not know the rules as well as others, is no excuse for not working to > make your material easier to understand. sentence beginning capitalization is REDUNDANT as there is such a thing as a period followed by TWO spaces. i, unlike the guy who started this thread, seemingly, do not support excessive ambiguuous misspellings, but agree in those who take issue and ostracize some with draconian fervor in lieu of having a constructive converstaion. > > --- Harrison > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > *----------------------------------------------------------* Kayven Riese, BSCS, MS (Physiology and Biophysics) (415) 902 5513 cellular http://kayve.net Webmaster http://ChessYoga.org *----------------------------------------------------------*