At 11:03 AM 10/28/2011, Mark Brown wrote: >it's just that upper case letters are so much more intelligible, >so much more understandable. time was they were used like that somewhere, >like on the defense internet that was handed off to the people for >freedom of speech in ~1974... > >get it, freedom of speech. like freedos.
Nonsense. On all counts. If with "defense internet" you refer to the ARPANET, that was not considered "operational" until 1975 and was merged into the NSFNET (which existed since 1981) when the switch from using NCP to TCP/IP in 1983 was made. The Internet was under that name wasn't generally available until 1986. I got my own first Internet account back in 1987 through the university of Bonn, though mainly used through a gateway from the FIDONET... > >i thought so. > >i'll continue to use the block caps when i think expedient. Since the early days of the Internet and going back into the days when BBS where the mainstay for international/distant communication, writing all caps is considered YELLING in all but those lists/(usenet) groups that specifically deal with systems that are not lower/mixed case capable. And that certainly doesn't apply to any form of DOS.... [OT] And in general, do yourself and your fellow country men a favor and stop perverting/abusing your constitution and amendments for your own lowly purposes... [/OT] Ralf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The demand for IT networking professionals continues to grow, and the demand for specialized networking skills is growing even more rapidly. Take a complimentary Learning@Cisco Self-Assessment and learn about Cisco certifications, training, and career opportunities. http://p.sf.net/sfu/cisco-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
