[Yaesu] Shouting

2002年12月21日 16:30:31 -0800

My comments stand. They were prompted by years of watching nit-picking about
unimportant issues (such as capitals or the lack thereof and whatnot),
illiterate writing and spelling, and a general deterioration of courtesy among
people. I did not point yours out in particular.
Keith
Constantine Thomas wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Keith Rowland" <[email protected]>
> To: "Deon Erwin" <[email protected]>
> Cc: "Yaesu Reflector" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 8:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [Yaesu] Shouting
>> > Deon, I must congratulate you for your very civilized and rational
> posting.
> > This is certainly much better than the less than mature postings and
> reactions
> > that resulted originally. Thank you for injecting the voice of moderation
> and
> > sensibility.
>> Keith, mine was one of the original postins and was not "uncivilized".
> I didn't comment or had an opinion on the use of uper case.
> I just said, " I never read them " and I never will.
> If the theory survival of the fittest is correct and uper case dominates I
> will have nothing to read.
> That is how weak links die out, that will include the encyclopedia Britanica
> and all the newspapers
> of the world.
> 73 De Constantine WA1WLA (Stratford CT)
>> >
> > Keith (Atlanta, GA)
> >
> > Deon Erwin wrote:
> >
> > > I apologise for this off-topic posting. However, it seems that some
> list
> > > members may benefit from certain Windows facilities which can assist
> > > visually impaired users.
> > >
> > > 1. OUTLOOK EXPRESS
> > >
> > > Outlook Express allows the user to set the font type and font size of
> > > incoming mail, without affecting your outgoing mail format. Set the
> menu
> > > options as follows.
> > >
> > > >From the Outlook Express main screen:
> > >
> > > Tools > Options > Read > Fonts
> > >
> > > Set the Proportional Font Type -- Arial works well
> > > Set the Fixed-width Font Type -- Lucida Console works well
> > > Set the Font Size -- Your choice
> > >
> > > All incoming mail will be displayed according to these settings,
> > > irrespective of the font type or font size used by the sender.
> > >
> > > 2. WINDOWS CONTRAST
> > >
> > > Windows can assist visually impaired users by applying high-contrast
> > > settings to the display. Apply the settings as follows.
> > >
> > > >From the task bar:
> > >
> > > Start > Settings > Control Panel > Accessibility Options > Display
> > >
> > > Set the desired contrast and other parameters. These settings will be
> > > applied to all the functions of Windows.
> > >
> > > 3. WINDOWS DISPLAY APPEARANCE
> > >
> > > Windows also has different desktop schemes where the font size of the
> > > Windows interface can be changed.
> > >
> > > >From the task bar:
> > >
> > > Start > Settings > Control Panel > Display
> > >
> > > Select different Schemes, such as Windows Standard, Windows Standard
> Large
> > > or Windows Standard Extra Large, to alter the font size between various
> > > windows, menus and interfaces.
> > >
> > > It is true that text in all capitals is more difficult to read and
> several
> > > references by other list members were made to support this fact.
> Perhaps
> > > the use of all capitals will no longer be necessary with the application
> of
> > > these Windows facilities. I am sure that other operating systems and
> email
> > > software offer similar facilities.
> > >
> > > Note the use of capitals in this text. This plain text message does not
> > > offer underlining or bolding and capitals only serve to highlight my
> subject
> > > headings.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Deon ZR1DQ
> > >
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