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Re: Curmudgeon Reply


On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 08:49:31AM -0700, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> TWIMC,
> 
> When you post to this list (or any list, of course), please use subject 
> headers that are descriptive of the question you are asking.
> 
> Subject headers such as "Beginner's Question," "Newbie Needs Help" or, god 
> forbid, "Question" are singularly unhelpful in describing the content of 
> the query. Far better are "Is A Graphical Desktop Available Under Cygwin?" 
> or "How Do I Get My .bashrc File Read At Startup?"
> 
> [Pet Peeve Warning]:
> Also please note that "u" is not an English word. "R" is not an English 
> word. Words that include a syllable that rhymes with "eight" are not 
> spelled with an "8." The first-person singular pronoun "I" is capitalized 
> in English. The first letter of the first word of every sentence is 
> capitalized in English.
> 
> Thank you for your attention.
> 
> Randall Schulz
> Mountain View, CA USA
 
And dont forget to ask that people might ´To whom it might concern´ instead 
of cryptic shortcuts like TWIMC.
-- 
Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.
		-- Salvor Hardin, "Foundation"

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