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| From | Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | [OT] Poster's name (Was: Packages and Reflection in an Applet) |
| Date | 2012-05-08 05:32 -0700 |
| Organization | albasani.net |
| Message-ID | <job3od$p5b$1@news.albasani.net> (permalink) |
| References | <jo2dk4$mh$1@speranza.aioe.org> <jo472b$qgt$1@dont-email.me> <jo8gmk$ubb$1@speranza.aioe.org> |
Richard Maher wrote: > Hi Mark, > > "markspace"<-@.> wrote ... His name isn't "Mark". His handle is "markspace". Not "Mark Space". Some posters use handles instead of names. In such cases it's not effective to use only part of the handle, because it isn't a name. Furthermore, if "markspace" were his name, you still have to make a leap to assume that "Mark" is a valid intimate form. It'd be like saying, "Hi, Le" to me. Regardless, in markspace's particular case, his name isn't "Mark", so it's better to greet him with "Hi, markspace." (FYI, conventional English grammar rules mandate a comma to set off a vocative.) FWIW, "markspace" is a quintessentially geekish handle, referring as it does to the old days of teletypes. Full props. -- Lew Honi soit qui mal y pense. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Friz.jpg
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Packages and Reflection in an Applet "Richard Maher" <maher_rj@hotspamnotmail.com> - 2012-05-05 13:25 +0800
Re: Packages and Reflection in an Applet Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-05-05 17:30 -0400
Re: Packages and Reflection in an Applet "Richard Maher" <maher_rj@hotspamnotmail.com> - 2012-05-07 20:47 +0800
Re: Packages and Reflection in an Applet Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-05-08 22:14 -0400
Re: Packages and Reflection in an Applet markspace <-@.> - 2012-05-05 14:45 -0700
Re: Packages and Reflection in an Applet "Richard Maher" <maher_rj@hotspamnotmail.com> - 2012-05-07 20:54 +0800
[OT] Poster's name (Was: Packages and Reflection in an Applet) Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-05-08 05:32 -0700
Re: [OT] Poster's name (Was: Packages and Reflection in an Applet) markspace <-@.> - 2012-05-08 07:43 -0700
Re: [OT] Poster's name (Was: Packages and Reflection in an Applet) Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2012-05-08 17:02 +0200
Re: [OT] Poster's name (Was: Packages and Reflection in an Applet) Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-05-08 09:26 -0700
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