Comments on Profile Post by Torq

  1. Dino
    Dino
    This reminds me of when we got an introductory email from a new Director. He used *none* of the "skills" you mentioned, in his wall of text. Plus, he stated that he had a pet peeve. He didn't ever want to see a contraction in any of our emails!
    Jun 16, 2017
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  2. Cryptowolf
    Cryptowolf
    I have sent members of forums I used to moderate "The Elements of F@cking Style". It's a humorous and real book.
    Jun 16, 2017
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  3. Thad E Ginathom
    Thad E Ginathom
    Ongoing, never-ending rant: All acronyms are abbreviations but not all abbreviations are acronyms. An acronym is a special case of abbreviation, a special thing: use the word properly or don't use it at all!
    Jun 16, 2017
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  4. schiit
    schiit
    Please follow with: "What Did I Just Read? How Not To Sound Like A Meth-Addled Third-Grader With Word-Sharting Syndrome."
    Jun 16, 2017
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  5. Grahad2
    Grahad2
    There exists also "Basic English: How To Understand Paragraphs Longer Than Ten Words."

    Common enough to be annoying.
    Jun 16, 2017
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  6. ButtUglyJeff
    ButtUglyJeff
    Two spaces after a period or one? I'm kind of old school and still do two...
    Jun 16, 2017
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  7. atomicbob
    atomicbob
    Carriage Returns!!! I used that phrase recently and everyone looked at me as if I had two heads. Wow. Someone who remembers.
    Jun 16, 2017
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  8. Grahad2
    Grahad2
    Carriage Return and Line Feed, the bane of cross platform devs.
    Jun 16, 2017
  9. Thad E Ginathom
    Thad E Ginathom
    @atomicbob, Carriage returns as in...

    *Ding* ... reach out left hand, push lever to right as far as it goes, carry on typing.

    And two spaces after a, ahem, full stop. That takes me back to those days of manual typewriters. I'd completely forgotten about it!
    Jun 16, 2017
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  10. ButtUglyJeff
    ButtUglyJeff
    Did anybody here take a typing class in high school, so you could be in a room full of girls..... errrrrr, improve your typing skills?
    Jun 16, 2017
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  11. Thad E Ginathom
    Thad E Ginathom
    I started to type pretty-much as soon as I could read and write, so my fingers have known their way, roughly, around a keyboard since I was six or younger. I did attempt touch typing, and unlearning the bad habits was impossible. So I used to take the machines apart in class.
    Jun 18, 2017
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