Re: Games? A Newbie question

[Alfred Hilscher <Alfred.Hilscher@icn.siemens.de>]

Ted Dennison wrote:
> >I took a look on Amazon and found:
> 
> This is actually a stellar example of the principle. You show some examples
> where it is capitalized *correctly* on the book, but incorrectly in Amazon's
> title. 

Ok, you're right. But - wheter it's wrong spelled on a website or on the
teachers script, both can lead one to the assumption that it's spelled
"ADA".

> Further examples where other words that are clearly not acronyms are also all
> caps. I can't take these as examples becuase its clear in each case from context
> that everything is being capitalized.

Yes, one who _does_ know that it's a name would never star to write
"ADA", but one who _doesn't_ know has no reason to think that this
special word must not be capitalized.
 
> >http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130040789/qid=1010480464/br=1-8/ref=br_lf_b_8/002-9221151-1373622
> 
> Wow. This indeed is an actual example where they got the name wrong. I've never
> heard of or seen this book before, but it apparently does exist. Interestingly,
> Amazon got it right in their rendition of the book's title. :-)

I've looked only for enghlish/american books, but I remember my first
(german) book had also a "ADA" title.
 
> because its in "the library". This is most likely just several more examples of
> people who don't know the language capitalizing it "ADA" for no apparent reason.

WYSIWYW = What you see is what you write (as long as you don't know it
better)

> examples where Amamzon insisted on "ADA" anyway. I think its clear that book
> covers cannot be blamed.

<ironic>
What about this, people search for "Ada" and find "ADA Americans with
Disabilities Act ". They think - "Wow what has this to do with
programming of reliable software?" Or "ADA - American Dental
Association" - wow, dentists are the real programmers? 
</ironic>
 
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