Re: OT "or such" (was Re: reading from a socket)

From	Patrick Scheible <kkt@zipcon.net>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: OT "or such" (was Re: reading from a socket)
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Date	2011-06-24 11:40 -0700
Message-ID	<86wrgb3wfi.fsf@zipcon.net> (permalink)
Organization	The Zip Connection (zipcon.net)

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BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> writes:

> I usually only really use capitalization for documentation or similar,
> but not usually for usenet posts or emails.
>
> partial reason I think is personal convention, as I have just never
> really capitalized these.

Not capitalizing makes it harder to read.  People use capitalization to
parse sentences quickly and easily in one pass.

There's a lot of poorly written junk on Usenet that many people just
skip over.  Do you want your posts to be skipped over?  If not, make it
easy for your readers.  Your call.

-- Patrick

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reading from a socket Steve Richter <stephenrichter@gmail.com> - 2011-06-22 06:27 -0700
  Re: reading from a socket Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2011-06-22 15:32 +0200
    Re: reading from a socket Steve Richter <stephenrichter@gmail.com> - 2011-06-22 06:38 -0700
      Re: reading from a socket BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-22 08:15 -0700
        Re: reading from a socket John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2011-06-22 15:33 +0000
          Re: reading from a socket BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-22 08:55 -0700
            Re: reading from a socket John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2011-06-22 17:38 +0000
              Re: reading from a socket BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-22 11:00 -0700
                Re: reading from a socket John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2011-06-22 18:16 +0000
                Re: reading from a socket BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-22 11:30 -0700
                Re: reading from a socket John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2011-06-22 18:51 +0000
                Re: reading from a socket BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-22 11:57 -0700
                Re: reading from a socket Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-06-22 13:03 -0700
                Re: reading from a socket BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-22 13:09 -0700
                Re: reading from a socket Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2011-06-22 18:18 -0500
                Re: reading from a socket gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2011-06-22 20:43 +0000
                Re: reading from a socket Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net> - 2011-06-23 21:50 -0700
                Re: reading from a socket pacman@kosh.dhis.org (Alan Curry) - 2011-06-22 20:52 +0000
                Re: reading from a socket Dr Nick <3-nospam@temporary-address.org.uk> - 2011-06-23 08:39 +0100
                Re: reading from a socket James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-06-23 06:45 -0400
            Re: reading from a socket Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-06-22 20:51 -0400
              Re: reading from a socket BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-22 19:41 -0700
        Re: reading from a socket Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-06-22 09:17 -0700
          Re: reading from a socket BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-22 09:29 -0700
            Re: reading from a socket John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2011-06-22 16:51 +0000
            Re: reading from a socket Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-06-22 17:54 +0100
              Re: reading from a socket BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-22 10:51 -0700
                Re: reading from a socket Willem <willem@toad.stack.nl> - 2011-06-22 18:29 +0000
                Re: reading from a socket BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-22 11:36 -0700
                Re: reading from a socket Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2011-06-23 12:02 +0200
                Re: reading from a socket Angel <angel+news@spamcop.net> - 2011-06-23 10:08 +0000
                Re: reading from a socket Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-06-23 08:27 -0700
                Re: reading from a socket James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-06-23 06:51 -0400
                Re: reading from a socket Tom St Denis <tom@iahu.ca> - 2011-06-22 11:34 -0700
                Re: reading from a socket BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-22 11:43 -0700
                Re: reading from a socket Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-06-22 12:56 -0700
                Re: reading from a socket gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2011-06-22 20:47 +0000
              OT "or such" (was Re: reading from a socket) blmblm@myrealbox.com <blmblm.myrealbox@gmail.com> - 2011-06-22 19:58 +0000
                Re: OT "or such" (was Re: reading from a socket) BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-22 13:34 -0700
                Re: OT "or such" (was Re: reading from a socket) ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2011-06-22 16:14 -0500
                Re: OT "or such" (was Re: reading from a socket) "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2011-06-22 21:55 +0100
                Re: OT "or such" (was Re: reading from a socket) ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2011-06-22 16:11 -0500
                Re: OT "or such" (was Re: reading from a socket) blmblm@myrealbox.com <blmblm.myrealbox@gmail.com> - 2011-06-23 17:05 +0000
                Re: OT "or such" (was Re: reading from a socket) BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-23 11:28 -0700
                Re: OT "or such" (was Re: reading from a socket) Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net> - 2011-06-23 21:58 -0700
                Re: OT "or such" (was Re: reading from a socket) BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-24 00:33 -0700
                Re: OT "or such" (was Re: reading from a socket) Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net> - 2011-06-24 03:07 -0700
                Re: OT "or such" (was Re: reading from a socket) BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-24 10:32 -0700
                Re: OT "or such" (was Re: reading from a socket) Patrick Scheible <kkt@zipcon.net> - 2011-06-24 11:40 -0700
                Re: OT "or such" (was Re: reading from a socket) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2011-06-24 20:23 +0000
                Re: OT "or such" (was Re: reading from a socket) Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net> - 2011-06-24 12:17 -0700
                Re: OT "or such" (was Re: reading from a socket) "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2011-06-24 21:49 +0100
                Re: OT "or such" (was Re: reading from a socket) Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-06-24 19:39 +0000
                Re: OT "or such" (was Re: reading from a socket) BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-24 13:30 -0700
                Re: OT "or such" (was Re: reading from a socket) Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-06-24 22:48 +0000
  Re: reading from a socket "Heinrich Wolf" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-06-22 22:40 +0200
    Re: reading from a socket "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2011-06-23 09:03 +0200
  Re: reading from a socket Vinicio Flores <vfloreshdz@gmail.com> - 2011-07-03 19:32 -0600

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