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Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 19:31:53 +0100
From: raphael <raphael AT oninet DOT pt>
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Subject: Re: Curmudgeon Reply
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On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 08:49:31AM -0700, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> TWIMC,
>=20
> When you post to this list (or any list, of course), please use subject=
=20
> headers that are descriptive of the question you are asking.
>=20
> Subject headers such as "Beginner's Question," "Newbie Needs Help" or, go=
d=20
> forbid, "Question" are singularly unhelpful in describing the content of=
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> the query. Far better are "Is A Graphical Desktop Available Under Cygwin?=
"=20
> or "How Do I Get My .bashrc File Read At Startup?"
>=20
> [Pet Peeve Warning]:
> Also please note that "u" is not an English word. "R" is not an English=
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> word. Words that include a syllable that rhymes with "eight" are not=20
> spelled with an "8." The first-person singular pronoun "I" is capitalized=
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> in English. The first letter of the first word of every sentence is=20
> capitalized in English.
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> Thank you for your attention.
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> Randall Schulz
> Mountain View, CA USA
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And dont forget to ask that people might =B4To whom it might concern=B4 ins=
tead=20
of cryptic shortcuts like TWIMC.
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Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.
		-- Salvor Hardin, "Foundation"

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