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Re: hardware upgrade comment

From noydb@no.way (Bruce Sinclair)
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: hardware upgrade comment
Date 2014-06-10 03:42 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <ln62cf$js8$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References (3 earlier) <lmvfeh$uol$1@dont-email.me> <ln45f1$349$1@news.albasani.net> <ln4n0k$5ec$1@dont-email.me> <ln5iof$k3$1@dont-email.me> <ln5n31$j9a$1@dont-email.me>

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In article <ln5n31$j9a$1@dont-email.me>, lew <citrustwosac@google.mailer.company.invalid> wrote:
>On 2014-06-09, Bruce Sinclair <noydb@no.way> wrote:
>> In article <ln4n0k$5ec$1@dont-email.me>, lew
> <citrustwosac@google.mailer.company.invalid> wrote:
>> (snip)
>>
>>>I've noticed tho, that programmers & some people on newsgroups are
>>>quite "nit picking" of others & object to being the object of being the
>>>"nit picked" one when statements are being interpreted literally.
>>
>> And if we were sitting in a room talking, we could quickly have checked what 
>> you said for correct meaning. :)
>>
>> Sadly, when all we have to go on are the typed words here, each and every one
> 
>> becomes important. Type what you mean ... and don't be surprised if you 
>> regularly fail (... when I reread the above, I had typos in 6 of the words 
>> before the "(" for example :) ). Meaning takes a little longer when most of 
>> the communication cues are missing. :)
>>
>> The alternative to checking for meaning, is usually ASS U ME ing. That way 
>> lies madness. :) :)
>>
>>
>In the years I've used the newsgroups, it seems to me that typos &
>incorrect statements was a norm.  It is even worst when using
>the mobile devices as meanings to abbreviations conflict & newer
>meanings are created as well as spelling of words.
>
>I do recall that apple claimed that "all we need" is to use icons; the
>point & click will do everything one wanted which some have taken
>it to also mean "spelling" & meanings.  Isn't this "creative writing"?

:) Creative it probably is. Writing ? ... almost certainly not (at least if we 
ASSUME that we are trying to commincate. :)

While a picture might be worth a thousand words, I suggest those words might 
be different depending on who is looking at it. :)

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hardware upgrade comment Todd <Todd@invalid.invalid> - 2014-06-06 12:59 -0700
  Re: hardware upgrade comment lew <citrustwosac@google.mailer.company.invalid> - 2014-06-07 01:28 +0000
    Re: hardware upgrade comment sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2014-06-07 04:18 +0000
      Re: hardware upgrade comment lew <citrustwosac@google.mailer.company.invalid> - 2014-06-07 16:42 +0000
        Re: hardware upgrade comment Jan Pieter <jp@jp.dhs.orig> - 2014-06-09 13:23 +0200
          Re: hardware upgrade comment lew <citrustwosac@google.mailer.company.invalid> - 2014-06-09 16:22 +0000
            Re: hardware upgrade comment Jan Pieter <jp@jp.dhs.orig> - 2014-06-09 19:00 +0200
            Re: hardware upgrade comment noydb@no.way (Bruce Sinclair) - 2014-06-09 23:16 +0000
              Re: hardware upgrade comment lew <citrustwosac@google.mailer.company.invalid> - 2014-06-10 01:30 +0000
                Re: hardware upgrade comment noydb@no.way (Bruce Sinclair) - 2014-06-10 03:42 +0000
    Re: hardware upgrade comment Todd <Todd@invalid.invalid> - 2014-06-07 12:03 -0700
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            Re: hardware upgrade comment William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2014-06-11 20:39 +0000
              Re: hardware upgrade comment Keith Keller <kkeller-usenet@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> - 2014-06-11 14:28 -0700
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