[Boatanchors] Subject change -- Netiquette

[Glenn Little WB4UIV]

Gerry

See <http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html> This RFC covers Netiquette 
Guidelines.

I describes some basic how to properly communicate over the Internet ideas.


73
Glenn
WB4UIV

At 10:06 AM 07/04/05, Gerry Steffens wrote:
>Does anyone know who started that ridiculous idea about capital letters 
>anyway?
>
>There are also other sides to this silly thing about shouting being the 
>use of capital letters.
>
>Frequently I used an older non-standard rackmount computer (an old 
>super-mini Prime) with an emulator.  It doesn't even recognize lower case. 
>But, never had a virus or a single piece of adware, etc.  Really nice 
>except for the 200 lb. disk drives, and the occasional flame over the 
>capital letters, which I take for what it is worth.
>
>Oh, yes.  And then there is a case of a close personal friend on an Apple 
>that isn't very computer literate, can't see very well and uses capitals 
>to see.  I know he ought to be able to learn of changing font sizes and 
>more, but at 83 I hope somebody cuts me a little slack, should I live so long.
>
>Cheers from Minnesota,
>
>Gerry
>
>
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