posted July 05, 2005 05:37                      

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Originally posted by Laska:
C coders are sexier than C++ coders. Assembler coders are hotter again though *drools*

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Hmm, most of the assembler coders I know are older mainframe people. Not what I'd usually call hot

/did assembler at Uni, a long time ago. Prefer Python, though, so I've probably dropped off the bottom of your attraction scale right now...

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posted July 05, 2005 14:51                      

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Originally posted by b-gurl:
ok, why do most geeks prefer women to speak proper on the internet ?

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Why do some women prefer that their boyfriends grow a beard or wear that certain hoodie or that pair of jeans?

It just looks better.

I, for one, would like to reach through the computer screen and wring my boyfriend's neck every time he types "ur," "ure," "tring" (for "trying") or "suppost" (for supposed). It just makes him look dumb (when he really isn't) and it bothers me.

So in other words, if you want to put your best foot forward online, it's better to be gramatically correct than to type AOL-isms all over your posts and look dumber than you really are.

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posted July 05, 2005 20:32                         

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Originally posted by Demosthenes:
C is for wussies, LISP is the undisputable hotness.

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How about a little bit of Smalltalk?

Oh, the humanity!

(and sorry, I just never took to LISP)

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posted July 05, 2005 20:34                      

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Originally posted by dragonman97:
The Shift key is your friend. Not Caps Lock, though - that's an evil key that should be banished!

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Someone's obviously never programmed PL/I or COBOL

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posted July 05, 2005 22:49                      

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Originally posted by quantumfluff:
Caps lock for PL/1 and COBAL is a moot point.

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posted July 06, 2005 10:48                      

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Originally posted by b-gurl:
ok, why do most geeks prefer women to speak proper on the internet ?

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posted July 06, 2005 15:31                      

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It's not an issue of geeks prefering women to speak properly on the internet, but rather that overuse of slang is lazy, impolite and rude, geek or not, male or female. It shows that someone won't put effort into communicating effectively.

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posted July 06, 2005 15:54                         

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Originally posted by b-gurl:

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It's not an issue of geeks prefering women to speak properly on the internet, but rather that overuse of slang is lazy, impolite and rude, geek or not, male or female. It shows that someone won't put effort into communicating effectively.

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surely "impolite and rude" is a personal opinion, besides i would have thought that the actual content would depict whether or not someone is being rude, as you can be rude whilst using correct grammar.

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No, she's absolutely right. It shows you have no respect for your reader - you won't expend any effort into writing properly. I get really pissed off at sloppy writing online in areas with relatively 'static' content - that is, stuff that isn't time dependent and will be there for quite awhile. I understand lack of capitalization in instant messaging / IRC, as one is trying to actively communicate with text, and so capitalization may go by the wayside as a speed tradeoff. Personally, I have some RSI issues, and so that's an additional reason why I don't hit the Shift key very much on IRC. However, when writing in places like these, I have some time to compose my thoughts, and certainly make every effort to dot my Is and cross my Ts - it's trivial to do so, and makes it so much more reader-friendly. It's bad enough that people have to bother reading some of the tripe I compose - they may as well not struggle with the structure of it. I'm not going to go off on a tangent about it this time, but suffice it to say that poor grammar and spelling (particularly that which Xanthine has dubbed "AIMglish") generally causes one to become distracted, and lose his or her* focus on the actual 'content.' That's all.

<facetious>
So now, ya hear right? Write good, mmkay? Make that edumakation count.
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*n.b. While it would be more convenient to use 'their' in this case, I understand that this is not correct, and shouldn't be used to express unknown gender of a singular third person. *grumble*

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posted July 06, 2005 16:14                         

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Originally posted by b-gurl:
Well I think there is no need for pomposity, we all have our own crosses to bare So lets put this all behind us "aight?"

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Surely you'll 'bear' that cross, no?

I am taking the piss out of you now.

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