chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg) (12/18/90)
[ Followups to comp.unix.misc ] According to gs26@prism.gatech.EDU (Glenn R. Stone): >Nah. it's just that most gurus are inherently non-conformist, either >deliberately or by apathy.... they're thinking about something too >important to bother with trivial things like spelling ... Odd how Chris Torek, Henry Spencer, Doug Gwyn, Guy Harris, and a host of other "gurus" all manage to think and spell at the same time. -- Chip Salzenberg at Teltronics/TCT <chip@tct.uucp>, <uunet!pdn!tct!chip> "Please don't send me any more of yer scandalous email, Mr. Salzenberg..." -- Bruce Becker
allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR) (12/20/90)
As quoted from <276E16A3.995@tct.uucp> by chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg): +--------------- | According to gs26@prism.gatech.EDU (Glenn R. Stone): | >Nah. it's just that most gurus are inherently non-conformist, either | >deliberately or by apathy.... they're thinking about something too | >important to bother with trivial things like spelling ... | | Odd how Chris Torek, Henry Spencer, Doug Gwyn, Guy Harris, and a host | of other "gurus" all manage to think and spell at the same time. +--------------- The "guru" who considers spelling too trivial to bother with may cut other supposedly "trivial" corners. Would you entrust your system to such a person? ++Brandon -- Me: Brandon S. Allbery VHF/UHF: KB8JRR on 220, 2m, 440 Internet: allbery@NCoast.ORG Packet: KB8JRR @ WA8BXN America OnLine: KB8JRR AMPR: KB8JRR.AmPR.ORG [44.70.4.88] uunet!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery Delphi: ALLBERY
palowoda@fiver (Bob Palowoda) (12/20/90)
From article <1990Dec20.005855.4429@NCoast.ORG>, by allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR): > As quoted from <276E16A3.995@tct.uucp> by chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg): > +--------------- > | According to gs26@prism.gatech.EDU (Glenn R. Stone): > | >Nah. it's just that most gurus are inherently non-conformist, either > | >deliberately or by apathy.... they're thinking about something too > | >important to bother with trivial things like spelling ... > | > | Odd how Chris Torek, Henry Spencer, Doug Gwyn, Guy Harris, and a host > | of other "gurus" all manage to think and spell at the same time. > +--------------- > > The "guru" who considers spelling too trivial to bother with may cut other > supposedly "trivial" corners. Would you entrust your system to such a person? I must be really dense today. What's your point Brandon? ---Bob -- Bob Palowoda palowoda@fiver | *Home of Fiver BBS* Home {sun}!ys2!fiver!palowoda | 415-623-8809 1200/2400 {pacbell}!indetech!fiver!palowoda | An XBBS System Work {sun,pyramid,decwrl}!megatest!palowoda| 415-623-8806 1200/2400/19.2k TB+
richard@dataspan.dataspan.UUCP (Richard "Tiger" Melville) (12/21/90)
In article <276E16A3.995@tct.uucp> chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg) writes: >According to gs26@prism.gatech.EDU (Glenn R. Stone): >>Nah. it's just that most gurus are inherently non-conformist, either >>deliberately or by apathy.... they're thinking about something too >>important to bother with trivial things like spelling ... >Odd how Chris Torek, Henry Spencer, Doug Gwyn, Guy Harris, and a host >of other "gurus" all manage to think and spell at the same time. My personal favorite is the guru who doesn't capitalize. I guess it takes too much valuable time to hit that shift key... -- _Q Q_ Richard Melville DataSpan Technology Inc. __ /_\) /| 237-9313 400-540 5th ave SW _\___/O____O|/O____/ \_ Calgary Alberta Canada, T2P 0M2 _/ \_
karl_kleinpaste@cis.ohio-state.edu (12/21/90)
richard@dataspan.dataspan.uucp writes:
My personal favorite is the guru who doesn't capitalize. I guess it
takes too much valuable time to hit that shift key...
(As though this really mattered, or was even remotely germane to
"comp.unix.misc"...)
Um, sometimes, yeah, that's a problem. I type bloody fast anyway
(~105wpm), but if I'm in a seriously desperate hurry to do something
because there's just plain too much to do, I sometimes abandon
uppercase for the duration, which gives me another 10wpm or so.ckd@cs.bu.edu (Christopher Davis) (12/21/90)
Bob> palowoda@fiver (Bob Palowoda) writes:
Brandon> allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR):
Brandon> The "guru" who considers spelling too trivial to bother with
Brandon> may cut other supposedly "trivial" corners. Would you entrust
Brandon> your system to such a person?
Bob> I must be really dense today. What's your point Brandon?
"Gee, I don't want to bother spelling everything correctly; everyone
understands what I'm trying to say."
"Gee, I don't want to bother fixing that DEBUG thing in sendmail;
nobody's gonna take advantage of it, anyway."
I want a sysadmin with DETAIL on his or her mind.
Bob> Bob Palowoda palowoda@fiver | *Home of Fiver BBS*
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Gee, Bob, this didn't work for me. Care to qualify it somehow (even a
pseudo-domain would be nice)?
Bob> Home {sun}!ys2!fiver!palowoda | 415-623-8809 1200/2400
Bob> {pacbell}!indetech!fiver!palowoda | An XBBS System
Speaking of details, the extra 16 spaces after "An XBBS System" produced
a visible "wrap" effect once I quoted them (before I deleted them).
Another trivial detail, yes, this one was actually trivial; but what
about the next one?
--Chris
--
[ Christopher Davis - <ckd@cs.bu.edu> - <..!bu.edu!cs.bu.edu!ckd> ]
A message destined for delivery in *your* domain is fair game for
anything you may want to do, up to and including translating the entire
message, header and all, into Swahili. -- chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg)palowoda@fiver (Bob Palowoda) (12/21/90)
From article <CKD.90Dec20223403@bucsd.bu.edu>, by ckd@cs.bu.edu (Christopher Davis): > Bob> palowoda@fiver (Bob Palowoda) writes: > Brandon> allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR): > > Brandon> The "guru" who considers spelling too trivial to bother with > Brandon> may cut other supposedly "trivial" corners. Would you entrust > Brandon> your system to such a person? > > Bob> I must be really dense today. What's your point Brandon? > > "Gee, I don't want to bother spelling everything correctly; everyone > understands what I'm trying to say." Ok, I was dense. > "Gee, I don't want to bother fixing that DEBUG thing in sendmail; > nobody's gonna take advantage of it, anyway." You do mean "smail" don't you? > I want a sysadmin with DETAIL on his or her mind. How much are you paying? > Bob> Bob Palowoda palowoda@fiver | *Home of Fiver BBS* > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Gee, Bob, this didn't work for me. Care to qualify it somehow (even a > pseudo-domain would be nice)? I live in one of those pseudo domains. I fixed it thank you. It's "uucp" or is it "UUCP"? > Speaking of details, the extra 16 spaces after "An XBBS System" produced > a visible "wrap" effect once I quoted them (before I deleted them). > Another trivial detail, yes, this one was actually trivial; but what > about the next one? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Yes it is trivial. Look at it from the other side. You where redundant in your sentence. You could have save 35 bytes and retained the same information content. You where inefficient. Details are funny things. But your point is well taken. I am really have a problem with my spelling and I struggle with it everyday. One of my problems is when write code and quickly change to writeing english text I tend to type too fast makeing alot of typos. Also I find it difficult when switching over from the thought of the way variables are spelled in my programs to english. I noticed something interesting about two weeks ago. I wanted to improve my technicial online dictionary. So I thought useing articles written and posted in comp.arch, comp.research, etc would be a good source. I must have went through approximately 50 articles all, which should not have had simple spelling errors in them? ---Bob P.S. If I could afford to have some of those guru's working for me. Yes I would hire them. -- Bob Palowoda palowoda@fiver.uucp | *Home of Fiver BBS* Home {sun}!ys2!fiver!palowoda | 415-623-8809 1200/2400 {pacbell}!indetech!fiver!palowoda | Work {sun,pyramid,decwrl}!megatest!palowoda| 415-623-8806 1200/2400/19.2k TB+
allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR) (12/24/90)
As quoted from <1990Dec20.122427.26421@fiver> by palowoda@fiver (Bob Palowoda): +--------------- | From article <1990Dec20.005855.4429@NCoast.ORG>, by allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR): | > As quoted from <276E16A3.995@tct.uucp> by chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg): | > +--------------- | > | According to gs26@prism.gatech.EDU (Glenn R. Stone): | > | >Nah. it's just that most gurus are inherently non-conformist, either | > | >deliberately or by apathy.... they're thinking about something too | > | >important to bother with trivial things like spelling ... | > | | > | Odd how Chris Torek, Henry Spencer, Doug Gwyn, Guy Harris, and a host | > | of other "gurus" all manage to think and spell at the same time. | > +--------------- | > | > The "guru" who considers spelling too trivial to bother with may cut other | > supposedly "trivial" corners. Would you entrust your system to such a person? | | I must be really dense today. What's your point Brandon? +--------------- I was in effect echoinh Chip's disagreement with Glen and giving a reason. Ok? ++Brandon -- Me: Brandon S. Allbery VHF/UHF: KB8JRR on 220, 2m, 440 Internet: allbery@NCoast.ORG Packet: KB8JRR @ WA8BXN America OnLine: KB8JRR AMPR: KB8JRR.AmPR.ORG [44.70.4.88] uunet!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery Delphi: ALLBERY
allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR) (12/24/90)
(*This* time I'm trimming the bloody thing....) As quoted from <1990Dec21.095529.5578@fiver> by palowoda@fiver (Bob Palowoda): +--------------- | From article <CKD.90Dec20223403@bucsd.bu.edu>, by ckd@cs.bu.edu (Christopher Davis): | > "Gee, I don't want to bother fixing that DEBUG thing in sendmail; | > nobody's gonna take advantage of it, anyway." | | You do mean "smail" don't you? +--------------- He means sendmail. Remember the Worm? *That* was why it was able to exploit DEBUG on so many systems. +--------------- | I noticed something interesting about two weeks ago. I wanted to | improve my technicial online dictionary. So I thought useing articles | written and posted in comp.arch, comp.research, etc would be a good | source. I must have went through approximately 50 articles all, which should | not have had simple spelling errors in them? +--------------- They shouldn't have, but undoubtedly they did. And undoubtedly at least 50 percent of the articles were also incorrect from a technical standpoint.... I trust the Usenet for accurate information about as much as I would trust a guy in a trench coat selling Rolex watches... Some exceptions, but that short list of gurus from Chip's and my postings had to *earn* my trust. ++Brandon -- Me: Brandon S. Allbery VHF/UHF: KB8JRR on 220, 2m, 440 Internet: allbery@NCoast.ORG Packet: KB8JRR @ WA8BXN America OnLine: KB8JRR AMPR: KB8JRR.AmPR.ORG [44.70.4.88] uunet!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery Delphi: ALLBERY