exclamation point[s] on every sentence = gak!
- Lee_Dailey
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exclamation point[s] on every sentence = gak!
howdy y'all,
am i the only one who boggles when confronted with posts that use an exclamation point [or two or three or more] on every danged sentence? i just stumbled across the 2nd poster this week and i'm still wincing from the implied three year old squeal.
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ok, i feel better now that i have had this little rant. [*grin*]
take care,
lee
am i the only one who boggles when confronted with posts that use an exclamation point [or two or three or more] on every danged sentence? i just stumbled across the 2nd poster this week and i'm still wincing from the implied three year old squeal.
Url auto-complete bug
Javascript Code Not Working (Latest versio of Firefox)
downloads hang when downloading >500 MB files
ok, i feel better now that i have had this little rant. [*grin*]
take care,
lee
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Re: exclamation point[s] on every sentence = gak!
Not at all; to that, I add such things as "I have problem?", which indicates that the poster does not even know if he/she/it has a problem, over-use of all-caps and bold, and the truly silly use of such things as ".... please help me!" in a forum devoted to helping people, and one that really irritates me, "Urgent", indicating that the poster is more important than other users.
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Re: exclamation point[s] on every sentence = gak!
Grammar Freak wrote:Not at all; to that, I add such things as "I have problem?", which indicates that the poster does not even know if he/she/it has a problem, over-use of all-caps and bold, and the truly silly use of such things as ".... please help me!" in a forum devoted to helping people, and one that really irritates me, "Urgent", indicating that the poster is more important than other users.
[*grin*]
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Re: exclamation point[s] on every sentence = gak!
Lee_Dailey wrote:am i the only one who boggles when confronted with posts that use an exclamation point [or two or three or more] on every danged sentence?
Says the guy who starts every post with 'howdy', types everything in lower case, adds a good smattering of [*grin*] to every post and always ends each post with 'take care, lee'.
Makes the odd excess ! look pretty tame, I think.
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil, is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke (attrib.)
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Re: exclamation point[s] on every sentence = gak!
Frank Lion wrote:Lee_Dailey wrote:am i the only one who boggles when confronted with posts that use an exclamation point [or two or three or more] on every danged sentence?
Says the guy who starts every post with 'howdy', types everything in lower case, adds a good smattering of [*grin*] to every post and always ends each post with 'take care, lee'.
Makes the odd excess ! look pretty tame, I think.
howdy Frank Lion,
yes, i do have a _few_ observed peculiarities. [*grin*] i did admit that it might be a case of pot-kettle in one of my posts to moltres_rider. plus, i occasionally end a post with "hope that helps".
i know i'm not the most appropriate critic of other folks writing. that has never stopped me from being blatantly opinionated, or from expressing said opinions.
i used to hang out at one of the delphi forums [the commport] many, many moons ago. the one time i met one of the denizens of that group in real life he was flabbergasted that i really talk like this. "howdy", "g'day", "take care" and alla that stuff. i don't talk in lower case, tho ...
take care,
lee
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Re: exclamation point[s] on every sentence = gak!
Someone should get on Lee's [lower] case.
I wore out quite a few red pens correcting student papers, including grammar istakes, repetitiveness, and, of course, the use of "Texican."
I wore out quite a few red pens correcting student papers, including grammar istakes, repetitiveness, and, of course, the use of "Texican."
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Re: exclamation point[s] on every sentence = gak!
Lee_Dailey wrote:... the one time i met one of the denizens of that group in real life he was flabbergasted that i really talk like this
Yes, I bet his flabbers have never been so gasted. Good job you haven't got a stutter as well.
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil, is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke (attrib.)
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Re: exclamation point[s] on every sentence = gak!
Case Manager wrote:Someone should get on Lee's [lower] case.
I wore out quite a few red pens correcting student papers, including grammar istakes, repetitiveness, and, of course, the use of "Texican."
howdy Case Manager,
i use lower case cuz i'm so danged lazy. the _huge_ extra effort to use proper sentence case is simply more than i can manage. [*grin*]
down here in texas the use of texican is for hispanic loan words. or, to be more honest when speaking of english and its variants, words heisted from other languages - spanish in this case.
take care,
lee
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Re: exclamation point[s] on every sentence = gak!
Frank Lion wrote:Lee_Dailey wrote:... the one time i met one of the denizens of that group in real life he was flabbergasted that i really talk like this
Yes, I bet his flabbers have never been so gasted. Good job you haven't got a stutter as well.
[*grin*]
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Re: exclamation point[s] on every sentence = gak!
Guys, guys, be thankful you haven't encountered BeeFree!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yet.
https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/beefree/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/5070542/
Phil
https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/beefree/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/5070542/
BeeFree!!!!!! wrote:Hi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, yeah, i always download Certificate Patrol without waiting for the review process at AMO!!!!!!! The review process here, is very too slow and also very useless!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I quickly look at the source code of addons i use, so i don't have to wait for their reviews!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is the page to download all the versions, including old versions and versions pending for approval, of CP: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... sions/6415
CP 1.3.1 has a bug!!! And i can't use it, because it doesn't work!!!!!!!!!!
Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x8000ffff (NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED) [nsIPrefBranch.getBoolPref]" nsresult: "0x8000ffff (NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED)" location: "JS frame :: chrome://certpatrol/content/CertPatrol.js :: anonymous :: line 424" data: no]
I think that you forgot to add the default preferences in defaults/preferences/CertPatrol.js !!!!!
Well, I reverted to CP 1.2.4!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and it works!!!!!!!!!!!
~bee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Phil
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Re: exclamation point[s] on every sentence = gak!
Also how do you talk in lower case anyway?
Phil
Phil
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Re: exclamation point[s] on every sentence = gak!
Philip Chee wrote:Guys, guys, be thankful you haven't encountered BeeFree!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yet.
https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/beefree/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/5070542/BeeFree!!!!!! wrote:Hi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, yeah, i always download Certificate Patrol without waiting for the review process at AMO!!!!!!! The review process here, is very too slow and also very useless!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I quickly look at the source code of addons i use, so i don't have to wait for their reviews!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is the page to download all the versions, including old versions and versions pending for approval, of CP: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... sions/6415
CP 1.3.1 has a bug!!! And i can't use it, because it doesn't work!!!!!!!!!!
Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x8000ffff (NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED) [nsIPrefBranch.getBoolPref]" nsresult: "0x8000ffff (NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED)" location: "JS frame :: chrome://certpatrol/content/CertPatrol.js :: anonymous :: line 424" data: no]
I think that you forgot to add the default preferences in defaults/preferences/CertPatrol.js !!!!!
Well, I reverted to CP 1.2.4!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and it works!!!!!!!!!!!
~bee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Phil
howdy Phil,
oh. my. god. i _have_ seen that abuser of innocent exclamation points. my memory gave me grace and lost track of the abomination. i'm uncertain if you deserve a thanks or a nastygram for resurrecting that memory ... [*grin*]
take care,
lee
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Re: exclamation point[s] on every sentence = gak!
Philip Chee wrote:Also how do you talk in lower case anyway?
Phil
howdy Phil,
i aint figured that one out, and pro'ly won't. [*grin*] if i ever find a _really_ easy to use case correction doohickey i will likely think about using it. dunno if i will _actually_ use it, tho.
take care,
lee
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Re: exclamation point[s] on every sentence = gak!
Lee, just for you, !?!?!?!?
Another of the idiotic absurdities that I see entirely too often on-line, one that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever under any conditions whatsoever at any time whatsoever anywhere.
Another of the idiotic absurdities that I see entirely too often on-line, one that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever under any conditions whatsoever at any time whatsoever anywhere.
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Re: exclamation point[s] on every sentence = gak!
Silliness Exemplified wrote:Lee, just for you, !?!?!?!?
Another of the idiotic absurdities that I see entirely too often on-line, one that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever under any conditions whatsoever at any time whatsoever anywhere.
ttthhhpppttt! [*grin*]