Well, how about a rotary dial cell phone? https://gizmodo.com/someone-built-a-distraction-free-cellphone-with-a-worki-1841636089
On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 11:55 AM Tom Brennan <[email protected]> wrote: > > It's what younger folks who are not part of the USA "baby boom" call > older folks like me who do strange things like using a flip phone with > no touch screen (ok, I finally switched a few years ago, but very late). > > On 2/28/2020 9:05 AM, Mitch Mccluhan wrote: > > Boomer? > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tom Brennan <[email protected]> > > To: IBM-MAIN <[email protected]> > > Sent: Fri, Feb 28, 2020 9:49 am > > Subject: Re: 2 Spaces after periods [was: RE: Rexx parse using period as > > placeholder] > > > > Boomer :) > > > > On 2/28/2020 7:40 AM, Mitch Mccluhan wrote: > >> I VOTE FOR 2 SPACES!!! Is that loud enough? It has ALWAYS made > >> reading, easier. > >> Mitch > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Joel C. Ewing <[email protected]> > >> To: IBM-MAIN <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Fri, Feb 28, 2020 9:26 am > >> Subject: Re: 2 Spaces after periods [was: RE: Rexx parse using period as > >> placeholder] > >> > >> This is a sentence ending with one space. This is a sentence ending with > >> two spaces. My email client is supposedly using a proportional, > >> variable width font, and the typical smaller width used for a space > >> character tends to make sentences merge together visually when only a > >> single space is used. Two spaces make the end of a sentence more > >> apparent visually, especially since with many fonts a "period" is almost > >> indistinguishable from a speck of dirt on the screen. The improved > >> visual separation with two spaces is even greater on typical browser fonts. > >> > >> I personally think the argument for a single space at end of sentence is > >> BS, made up out of laziness by someone who has not yet needed reading > >> glasses. Setting off sentences with extra space was a long-established > >> practice with good handwriting, not something that originated because > >> typewriters had imprecise spacing. > >> > >> Yes, a single space at end of sentence may now be acceptable, but it is > >> aesthetically inferior. > >> JC Ewing > >> > >> On 2/28/20 5:38 AM, Joe Monk wrote: > >>> The rule now is 1 space after a period. > >>> > >>> Two spaces after a period was the rule on a typewriter, because the fonts > >>> weren't proportional, they were monospace. This led to uneven spacing of > >>> words on paper, so two spaces was the rule. > >>> > >>> Nowadays, on a computer, the fonts are proportional. For instance on a > >>> typewriter, the characters i and a take the same amount of space. But on a > >>> word processor, i and a dont take the same amount of space. Thus, no need > >>> for two spaces. > >>> > >>> This is a monospace font. > >>> This is a proportional font. > >>> > >>> Joe > >>> > >>> On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 2:59 PM Paul Gilmartin < > >>> [email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> On Thu, 27 Feb 2020 15:48:44 -0500, Steve Smith wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Thanks for another reminder I'm "really old" :-). The rule, btw, is two > >>>>> spaces at the end of a sentence. And I think it makes at least as much > >>>>> sense for proportional fonts as mono. You can (and I do) have Word > >>>>> check > >>>>> to make sure they're always there... > >>>>> > >>>> Specifically, not after titles: "Ms. Smith", "Dr. Jones:. Also bad > >>>> places for > >>>> automatic linebreaks. > >>>> > >>>> -- gil > >>>> > >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > >>>> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > >>>> > >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > >>> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > >> > >> > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
