waltt@tekecs.UUCP (Walt Tucker) (12/14/83)
------------- !inuxc!inuxg!hash writes: > distruction sell the news. That is why you hardly ever see a news report > that is cheery unles it is at the end of the news report. As the song by > Don Hanly goes "give us dirty laundry".As for these incompetent news > reports go, the space shuttle is the safest flying mechine in the world. > NASA has provided a backup system of five onboard computers for the men to > use.(These are just the gp computers) If needed they (mission control) could > have fed the information into the system with out the aid of the on board > computers. > I know that the NBC network didn't even talk to the men after they had > disenbarked the space craft. Has anyone heard what the results from taking > the telescope up has been. i have yet to see any information on this project > as of yet. As for the question of the landing gear, i would have to say that > yes that was controled by the computers. ...and so on (it gets worse). GAK!!! I sincerely hope that this article was meant to be a joke and not any attempt at a serious commentary. If this is an example of the literacy of a graduated engineering professional, heaven help us all. Maybe if we are lucky, it was written by one of the few sub-teenager's on the net. I cannot believe how badly this person has managed to mangle the english language. Just about every rule of grammar is ripped to bloody shreds. Misspellings, bad puncuation, no knowledge of capitalization, poor sentence construction; it's an english teacher's nightmare. Even Don Henley's name was spelled wrong (and that's the last straw). I can tolerate a reasonable amount of bad grammer -- after all you can't expect everyone to be an english expert, but this causes me to almost lose my appetite. If you can't communicate your thoughts in somewhat of a clear manner, how can you command the respect of your peers or the members of other professions. -- Walt Tucker Tektronix, Inc. Wilsonville, OR.
davy@ecn-ee.UUCP (12/15/83)
#R:tekecs:-334100:ecn-ee:21800002:000:591 ecn-ee!davy Dec 14 23:17:00 1983 Oh Christ, here we go again. We've been through this garbage in at least half a dozen newsgroups already, and it never gets us anywhere. So some people aren't so hot at spelling, and don't care to use a spelling checker. So what? I understood what he meant, didn't you? Besides, if you want to nit-pick, you mispelled "grammar" in your third paragraph. Let's leave net.columbia for discussions about the shuttle, and send petty gripes about spelling and grammar to net.flame where they belong. Flames will be cheerfully forwarded to /dev/null. --Dave Curry decvax!pur-ee!davy
ags@pucc-k (Seaman) (12/15/83)
What is your definition of illiterate? Someone who doesn't know the difference between a plural and a possessive, perhaps? Dave Seaman ..!pur-ee!pucc-k:ags
els@pur-phy.UUCP (Eric Strobel) (12/15/83)
Haven't you heard of typing too darn fast???!!!!
els[Eric Strobel]
decvax!pur-ee!Physics:elsags@pucc-k (Seaman) (12/15/83)
I think the misplaced apostrophe in the title of the original article was not an accident. The same article contains the following: -------------------------------------------------------------------- GAK!!! I sincerely hope that this article was meant to be a joke and not any attempt at a serious commentary. If this is an example of the literacy of a graduated engineering professional, heaven help us all. Maybe if we are lucky, it was written by one of the few sub-teenager's on the net. ^ | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Seaman ..!pur-ee!pucc-k:ags
ofut@gatech.UUCP (Jeff Offutt) (12/16/83)
-- So some people aren't so hot at spelling, and don't care to use a
-- spelling checker. So what? I understood what he meant, didn't you?
-- Besides, if you want to nit-pick, you mispelled "grammar" in your
-- third paragraph.
It's a sad fact that computer scientists are known as the worst abusers
of the english language both in mistakes and writing style. Let's not
criticise those who make valid criticisms of us. If someone offers
valid critical remarks we should take them to heart, even if we've heard
them before.
--
Jeff Offutt
School of ICS, Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA
CSNet: Ofut @ GATech ARPA: Ofut.GATech @ Csnet-Relay
uucp: ...!{akgua,allegra,rlgvax,sb1,unmvax,ulysses,ut-sally}!gatech!ofuthart@cp1.UUCP (12/17/83)
a A reply would have been in better taste.
People who make damaging remarks about
other in public, usually have a self ser-
ving motive. You just left yourself wide
open to be criticized by others. In the
future, do ityour thing via mail. I really
don't think the rest of the net would mind.
note: i hope this statement isn't too simple
for you.
--
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signed: Rod Hart (wa3mez)
Chesapeake & Potomac Tel. Co.
Bell Atlantic Inc.
Silver Spring, Md.
eagle!cp1!hart - sb6!cp1!hart - bpa!cp1!hart
======================================================================rpw3@fortune.UUCP (12/19/83)
#R:tekecs:-334100:fortune:2600002:000:317
fortune!rpw3 Dec 19 00:47:00 1983
i deli-bur-ate-ly uses sometime this hear 'stroph mark (') 'tween
made up words like RAM's an' ROM's 'cause it jes' don' look rite
without 'em sometimes, y'here? But i likes to lern.. so tell me...
wha's a plural of:
O/S ?
TV ?
LOX ?
EVA ?
UNIX ?
MOS ?
VAX ?
"Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera!" [The King...]okie@ihuxs.UUCP (B.K. Cobb) (12/21/83)
I use the "n" key in net.flame to avoid this silly argument. I don't like to use the "n" key in net.columbia to avoid the *same* silly argument. Take the hint, guys, and MOVE OUT! You're not welcome here. Now on to something designated for this newsgroup... Has anyone heard what the final determination of cause was for the flames the shuttle experienced during landing? I've heard not a word since the statements made immediately after the landing. Thanks, B.K. Cobb