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Monk
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Message 61 of 77 (210113)
05-20-2005 9:51 PM
Reply to: Message 50 by purpledawn
05-19-2005 8:36 PM


Re: Capitalization
quote:
I find very large paragraphs (which I tend not to read) much more annoying than no capital letters.
Ditto!

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lfen
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Message 62 of 77 (210117)
05-20-2005 10:23 PM
Reply to: Message 60 by Sylas
05-20-2005 9:40 PM


Re: brennakimi from another topic
Hear, Hear!
Thank you Sylas, for a well balanced statement. Sometimes we need to gently tolerate one another's foibles. I apprecatiate the fundamental sanity of your post. I have had trouble remembering to not capitalize (in protest) but I really didn't notice Arach or brennakimi's lack thereof. Their content made complete sense to me.
lfen

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arachnophilia
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Message 63 of 77 (210126)
05-20-2005 11:20 PM
Reply to: Message 57 by New Cat's Eye
05-20-2005 8:22 PM


Maybe the people who don't use caps are annoyed by having to reach all-the-way over to the shift key.
personally, it's just a pinky-finger thing. i tend not to use them, or at least like using them. not totally sure why. i use them to cut and paste (always the left hand, curiously) and for html-style brackets. but not parenthesis exclamation points or ctrl-z's. when i somehow use my ring finger for the shift key. thank god for the [ ] ubb/db brackets here!
It just happens automatically for me so its no problem, but if they have to think about pressing shift everytime, I could see how that would be annoying.
it's oddly gotten to the point where i generally don't think about it. and come to think about, i don't on proper academic papers either -- my word processor capitalizes automatically.
But, when I read something without caps, the voice in my head doesn't get quieter, so it doesn't bother me a bit.
yeah, that's sort of the way i figured it would be. although it was really weird to see sylas post in all-lowers. lol

אָרַח

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macaroniandcheese 
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Message 64 of 77 (210131)
05-20-2005 11:44 PM
Reply to: Message 60 by Sylas
05-20-2005 9:40 PM


Re: brennakimi from another topic
eh. i'm more looking for an excuse to leave. this place seems to breed contempt and i'm getting to be too lazy to read.
i mean. no doubt the arach will drag me back for some godawful purpose, but crap happens.
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Adminnemooseus
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Message 65 of 77 (210150)
05-21-2005 4:42 AM
Reply to: Message 64 by macaroniandcheese
05-20-2005 11:44 PM


Re: brennakimi from another topic
Fine - The majority seem to have spoken.
If you want your posts to have the offhand look of having been done by a six-year-old - Go for it.
Adminnemooseus

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CK
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Message 66 of 77 (210151)
05-21-2005 5:26 AM
Reply to: Message 65 by Adminnemooseus
05-21-2005 4:42 AM


Re: brennakimi from another topic
Have you considered taking a break from the forum? The tone of your posts seems to be increasingly petulant (or I could just be reading something in them that is not there).
Maybe take a week off?
Your function as an Admin seems to be hall monitor - that can get pretty tiring after a while.....
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purpledawn
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Message 67 of 77 (362379)
11-07-2006 7:59 AM


Texting
Gasby asked a question concerning "lazy writing"
gasby writes:
has the issue of lazy writin come up befor.... cuz some peeple just dont seem too care enugh to type in the extra leter or put in the aproprat puntuaton makr or put in at leest an unce woth of extra efort to write coheran sentenses
After reading one of NewYorkCityBoy's posts a thought hit me. Is this the way people are typing when they send text messages?
Since I don't do texting, it wasn't the first thought on my mind.
The next question would be do we want to discourage the "texting" style of typing on this board?

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Phat
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Message 68 of 77 (362380)
11-07-2006 8:25 AM
Reply to: Message 67 by purpledawn
11-07-2006 7:59 AM


Re: Texting
The next question would be do we want to discourage the "texting" style of typing on this board?
Yes!
I think that the appearance of our text is important.
i don't like abrv sentences.

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purpledawn
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Message 69 of 77 (362390)
11-07-2006 9:39 AM
Reply to: Message 68 by Phat
11-07-2006 8:25 AM


Re: Texting
It might work fine on a mobile phone where (I think) the responses are propbably more one-liners, but on a debate board where we type paragraphs I don't think it is appropriate.
Too difficult to read, especially if you're not someone who uses text messaging.

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Wounded King
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Message 70 of 77 (362393)
11-07-2006 10:04 AM
Reply to: Message 69 by purpledawn
11-07-2006 9:39 AM


Re: Texting
17 k0uld 83 w0R23, p30pl3 k0ULd 83 WR171n' 1n l337 5P33k.
77FN,
wK

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Archer Opteryx
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Message 71 of 77 (362395)
11-07-2006 10:22 AM
Reply to: Message 67 by purpledawn
11-07-2006 7:59 AM


Re: Texting
I am typing this message on a PDA cell phone.
Some options aren't available to me, such as forming quote boxes. (The characters needed for the codes aren't all available.) Still, it's possible to create a decent message with suitable spelling, capitalization, and punctuation. I can even spell the word 'because' in its entirety.
Amount of time it took to type this message, including proofreading: 3 minutes.
_

Archer
All species are transitional.

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purpledawn
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Message 72 of 77 (362561)
11-08-2006 5:33 AM
Reply to: Message 71 by Archer Opteryx
11-07-2006 10:22 AM


Re: Texting
With internet connection on mobile phones I wondered if some members interact through their phones and not at a full size keyboard.
You don't type your long posts on a PDA do you?
So our familiar quote boxes aren't possible, but all the letters of the alphabet are available and basic punctuation.
Good to know.

"Peshat is what I say and derash is what you say." --Nehama Leibowitz

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purpledawn
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Message 73 of 77 (362563)
11-08-2006 5:38 AM
Reply to: Message 70 by Wounded King
11-07-2006 10:04 AM


Re: Texting
It could be worse, people could be writing in ?? speek.
Couldn't figure out the one word.
I definitely hope no one starts that "style" of writing.

"Peshat is what I say and derash is what you say." --Nehama Leibowitz

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Wounded King
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Message 74 of 77 (362569)
11-08-2006 6:12 AM
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11-08-2006 5:38 AM


pHJ33r MY l337 7yp1N' 5K1lL2
Leet
TTFN,
WK

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Phat
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Message 75 of 77 (362571)
11-08-2006 6:28 AM
Reply to: Message 71 by Archer Opteryx
11-07-2006 10:22 AM


Re: Texting
I like your style, Archer.

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