[muglo] net etiquette

I noted, if this is along the same lines, that all CAP's when you are 
writing means you are YELLING at someone.

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> From: Eric D <hideme666@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [muglo] Re: net etiquette [OT]
> Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 12:38:41 -0500
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>> Having marked many English essays over the years I can attest to the =20
>> advantage of using Capital letters, it simply makes the written word =20
>> so much easier to understand. =20
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> Did you do a degree in Alberta?
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> Eric.
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> From: Eric D <hideme666@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [muglo] Re: net etiquette [OT]
> Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 12:39:43 -0500
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> Sorry listers:
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> That wasn't supposed to go out.
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> From: Tee Cashmore <teecashmore@xxxxxx>
> Subject: [muglo] Re: net etiquette [OT]
> Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 14:50:37 -0500
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> On 21-Jan-07, at 12:38 PM, Eric D wrote:
> 
>>> Having marked many English essays over the years I can attest to  
>>> the =20
>>> advantage of using Capital letters, it simply makes the written  
>>> word =20
>>> so much easier to understand. =20
>> Did you do a degree in Alberta?
>>
>> Eric.
> 
> I did indeed, at U of Calgary.
> TTFN,   TeeC
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> From: doug rogers <dougsamu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [muglo] The Secret Life of Machines
> Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 19:46:57 -0500
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> Video of a BBC show on technology.
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> From: Christopher K. Tremblay <fyabug@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [muglo] Re: net etiquette
> Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 23:33:27 -0500
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> WHAT DOES THE{OT} STAND FOR????/
> On 20-Jan-07, at 11:35 PM, Paul Thomas wrote:
> 
>> Hi Garth
>>
>> True, we do, of course, use the term "capitals" probably because in the
>> past people called them that because they started the names of country
>> main cities. Capitals, with a capital letter like, London (my theory).
>> However the correct term is Upper Case which goes back to the time when
>> newspaper print was set up manually by a typesetter who kept the
>> individual character type pieces in two cases - one above the other.
>> The Upper case contained all the Capitals and were therefore called
>> Upper Case characters whilst the regular characters were in the Lower
>> Case and were therefore called Lower Case characters!!!  No doubt the
>> upper case was above the lower case because more use would be made of
>> those characters!!
>>
>> This has nothing to do with Mac computers as such so I have marked it
>> as [OT] but as Garth implied the question and as I started the matter,
>> I thought the least I could do was to offer an explanation!!  Thanks
>> for your time if you bothered to read this!!
>>
>> TTFN
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> On Jan 20, 2007, at 1:30 PM, Garth Phillips wrote:
>>
>>> I always thought the correct word for "capitals", was, well, capitals
>>> (which explains the "caps lock" key on my keyboard)!
>>>
>>> I enjoy frivolity too much I suppose, so my apologies in advance to
>>> all.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2007, Jan 19, , at 19:29, Paul Thomas wrote:
>>>
>>> Going back more years than I like to remember, TTY (or should that be
>>> tty?) had only Upper case (the correct name for capitals - which are
>>> really the most important cities!) and also the earlier computer
>>> displays so you didn't have a choice!!!   Sorry, I am being frivolous 
>>> I
>>> guess but to me this seems to have gone on long enough!!!!!!
>>>
>>> paul - to avoid using an upper case character!!!
>>>
>>> On Jan 15, 2007, at 3:10 PM, Garth Phillips wrote:
>>>
>>>> Boy, am I ever relieved to hear that... I guess I'm OK
>>>> then.
>>>>
>>>> :)
>>>> --- Gerhard Kuhn <gerhardk@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> You are much less a rebel than you imagine yourself
>>>>> to be.
>>>>> Gerhard
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jan 15, 2007, at 12:16 PM, Garth Phillips wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> And in truth, I've never been really good at
>>>>> standing in
>>>>>> line with everyone else.
>>>>>
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