_________________________________________________________________ SANDY SANDFORT ssandfort@attmail.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ George A. Gleason wrote: " . . . So in summary, what d' y'all think of trying to cut down on the swarms of >>>>>>>>>>> lengthy full-paragraph quotes and replace them with something a bit more compact, eh...?" Like that, George? You know folks, George is right. It isn't necessary, however, to re-invent the wheel. Literary conventions for text presentation have existed for decades--if not centuries. "NetSpeak" can be oh so clever, but often, it's not very conducive to communication. Almost everyone on this list took English in school (-especially- those NOT educated in the US). If you don't remember your English grammar, spelling or style; buy some books. (Or as we say in NetSpeak, "RTFM"!) RELATED GRIPE: For all the excessive IQ on this list, I see lots of poor reading skills. As an example, I don't know how many of you have sent responses to me at my CompuServe address, even though I clearly request otherwise at the end of every one of my posts. (Didn't you get that far?) Often, I see responses to posts that focus on what the reader -thought- was said, rather than what was -actually- said. Before you go shooting from the hip, be sure you are responding to more than just some emotionally loaded key words. Also, I'm sure not all of you read -your own- posts before you launch them into Cyberspace. S a n d y P.S. Some of you may think this is not a relevant topic for Cypherpunks. If so, I suggest you think again. I leave the proof of relevance as an exercise for the student.
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