Hi Kevin, This is probably off-topic^2 (way off-topic). I heard on the 9A1A (AZ admin net) that there is a move afoot to allow lower case in MARS messages. This will make things a lot easier to handle for regular people, but still seems like it's a long ways off.
73, matt W6NIA / NNN0UET SCA - On Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:40:40 -0700, you wrote: >Uncials (lower case letters) were invented by the Carolingians to allow >people to read faster and increase literacy. It is odd that an >unlettered king (later Emperor) started a wave of literacy in the early >middle ages. The same follk also designed the italic font style. It >was named italic by later scribes who wanted to invoke the prestige of Rome. > >When I get my messages from MARS I put them through a script which >changes them to all lower case. Even though they knew lower case >letters were more easily read they insisted on all caps because they >look more official. Go figure. > 73, > Kevin. KD5ONS > > > >On 6/10/2013 3:21 PM, Phil Kane wrote: >> On 6/10/2013 12:41 PM, Brendon Whateley wrote: >> >>> There are two reasons that all caps bother people. The first is >>> internet convention where words in all CAPS are considered to be LOUD >>> or SHOUTING. That means all caps emails are seen as yelling at the >>> reader by most. >> Sometimes the writer wants to "speak loudly".... >> >>> The second is much more important, and that is that all caps is much >>> more difficult to read. It removes many visual clues that people use >>> to read quickly. >> Those of us who started in the "telecom" business with classic >> teleprinters are very used to reading upper case only. Even into today, >> HF marine safety and press bulletins and traffic are transmitted in >> upper case because Baudot and SITOR RTTY use International Telegraph >> Alphabet Number 2 which does not have lower case. >> >> Those of us who are fluent in languages that do not use "Latin" >> characters are comfortable with a single-case alphabet. >> >> 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane >> Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 >> >> >From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest >> Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> > >______________________________________________________________ >Elecraft mailing list >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >Post: mailto:[email protected] > >This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
