Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 00:01:51 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Ben Rosengart <ben@skunk.org> Cc: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, Mike Pritchard <mpp@freebsd.org>, chris@calldei.com, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Please review: rc file changes Message-ID: <19990830000150.B265@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908291727330.83893-100000@penelope.skunk.org>; from Ben Rosengart on Sun, Aug 29, 1999 at 05:29:20PM -0400 References: <199908281738.KAA05273@apollo.backplane.com> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908291727330.83893-100000@penelope.skunk.org>
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On Sun, Aug 29, 1999 at 05:29:20PM -0400, Ben Rosengart wrote: > [redirected to -chat] > > On Sat, 28 Aug 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote: > > > I guess they don't teach manual typewriting classes any more :-) > > It *had* to be two spaces or you got seriously marked down! > > > > Two spaces has been burned into my brain since high school! (I wonder > > if I can sue?) <GRIN>. For proof, just look at all the postings I've > > ever made to these lists. > > > > I'm not nitpicking... I couldn't care less what other people do. But > > I think it's an amusing generational effect. > > I never took a manual typewriting class, but I was taught the same > convention. So I wouldn't call it generational[0]. > > [0] I was also taught not to begin sentences with "so". > ...or "and" or "but" > -- > Ben > > UNIX Systems Engineer, Skunk Group > StarMedia Network, Inc. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > -- STATE-OF-THE-ART: Any computer you can't afford. OBSOLETE: Any computer you own. ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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