From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,6ec8df5df532a28f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news4.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!newsfeed.freenet.de!newsfeed01.chello.at!newsfeed02.chello.at!news.hispeed.ch.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <2046116.5ANyppOq9u@linux1.krischik.com> From: Martin Krischik Subject: Re: What is Delta?? Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 08:26:46 +0200 References: <1147335626.779489.9240@j73g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1147351779.350384.148960@y43g2000cwc.googlegroups.com> <1147432341.626162.65870@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1147441763.156229.104470@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <0bd9625e9e1eg27a2140e8jp1mli25k61n@4ax.com> User-Agent: KNode/0.10.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@hispeed.ch Organization: hispeed.ch NNTP-Posting-Host: 80.218.119.160 (80.218.119.160) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 08:42:00 +0200 X-Trace: 0f05544657fb8f57fd20520978 Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:4225 Date: 2006-05-13T08:26:46+02:00 List-Id: Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > On 12 May 2006 06:49:23 -0700, "Martin Krischik" > declaimed the following in > comp.lang.ada: > > >> PS: its "you" not "u" - we are software engeneers here and not getto >> kits. > > Whilst I abhor the public use of those illegible abbreviations (I > usd t wrt nts in hgh scl by drpng vwls and dplct ltrs, but that is a > private usage), if one is to make a habit of correcting the users of > such, one should ensure their own comment is accurate for the language > being used -- in English: "engineers", "ghetto" I don't object to the spelling. I object to the general attitude of the posting. The commanding tone, unneeded use abbreviations, missing proof of foregoing efforts etc. pp. And it is not the only post. But then, you and Georg are right - I have overreacted and I try will keep my ranting to myself in future. > (based upon your surname, I suspect you used the spellings common to > some other language -- Dutch, perhaps?) German but the Surname comes from further east. Martin -- mailto://krischik@users.sourceforge.net Ada programming at: http://ada.krischik.com