Trailing-edge compute farm seeks gainful employment

From: Boatman on the River of Suck <vance_at_ikickass.org>
Date: Fri Jan 4 18:23:35 2002

There's a point in there: form follows function. FUNCTION. I could *not*
understand the original message. Period.

Peace... Sridhar

On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, bill pointon wrote:

> Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 06:55:59 -0500
> From: bill pointon <wpointon_at_earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: Trailing-edge compute farm seeks gainful employment
>
> this is not a reply to any particular message but to the thread as a
> whole -- you sound like a bunch of old-fashioned high school english
> teachers -- i mean come on people - form follows function - or at least
> it has for the last 30 years since marshal mcluhan - if you cant
> understand someones post without consulting a thesaurus grammarian and
> lexicon of the english language is it worth a diatribe -- i tend to
> ignore capitalization and punctuation also - save for the generic
> pause -- and if you cant decipher my messages is it perhaps because of a
> failure in the reader rather than the writer ? i really dont care ----
> and no offense meant where not taken voluntarily -- billp
>
> ps -- i am not a warez dood - dont own a cell phone - and have never
> instant messaged anyone
>
> On Thursday, January 3, 2002, at 07:56 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> It's not that people here are snooty and require proper English to
> >> post to
> >> the list, it's just that run-on sentences with improper grammar and no
> >> punctuation and capitalization is a real pain in the ass to read.
> >
> > Well, personally I don't normally comment on spelling/ grammar/
> > punctuation. Particularly since English is not the first language of
> > some
> > people on this list.
> >
> > I only comment when there's likely to be technical confusion (as with
> > the
> > 'Centronics' connectors).
> >
> >>
> >> It also makes the reader assume (sometimes wrongly...) that the person
> >> posting the message is a complete idiot, and advice, suggestions, and
> >> answers will not be understood when given. This is a technical group,
> >> and
> >
> > Most of the regulars here will hopefully confirm that I am fairly 'free'
> > with techanical information. I don't mind digging out databooks or
> > schematics, etc. I don't mind doing a few back-of-the-envelope
> > calculations.
> >
> > But if I would have to spend significant time deciphering your message
> > to
> > work out just what you were asking for, well, I am not likely to do
> > that.
> > Instead I'll just ignore it.
> >
> >> God knows my English isn't perfect...... : )
> >>
> >
> > Nor is mine....
> >
> > -tony
> >
>
>
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