[python] Re: Front Suspension

Aye, while "emoticons" might be a pain, regardless of how concise one might
try to be, it can very easily be misinterpreted by someone on the other end.
Predominantly, this is because (according to a number of human interaction
studies), more than 60% of any conversation between two people (face to
face) is non-verbal.  In an email message, emoticons are the closest thing
to that missing 60% that one can find regardless of how articulate you try
to be.

On a note about the Pantour hubs, Greg (the 24hr record holder) had some
Pantour hubs, and I'm not sure what his assessment would be or what his
final application was, but he might have a comment or three.


> Olaf,
> sorry for the offense. However, typical netiquette includes the use of
> so-called emoticons. They are typically used to give an explicit
> emotional framework, so that things written, which may in the opinion of
> the author be ambiguously construed, receive a flag to specifically
> place their emotional value. Thus something followed by a wink ";-)" may
> be tongue in cheek, etc. I shall, however, try in my direct
> communication with you in the future to elide any such symbols. This
> shall however not be constured as a statement promising to avoid the
> usage of such symbology in my general communications in this semi-public
> forum.
>
 . . . .
> >
> > Nope. I don't give a penny for those buggers. When words fail one
> > should remain silent. That said, it was not my intention to sound
> > impolite.
> >
> > If one reflects upon uselessness, one will probably find that very
> > few things in life are truly useless.
> >
> > Except smileys.
> >
> >
> > olaf

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