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        <title><![CDATA[Well, thanks for that...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[...I'll be 50 in January.I grew up reading newspapers printed in whatever version of Times Roman was used in the 60s &amp; 70s (every time a rag decides to revamp its &quot;look&quot; they brag about how they are switching to a &quot;new, cleaner, easier to read typeface&quot; and it looks just like the old one) but I still hate it. I especially hate it in newspapers today, on the odd occasion I still read one - it assaults the eyes and crowds the paper with too much ink, in my conceited opinion.Worst for me is words that end with &quot;r&quot; at the end of a sentence; that little curly bit on the letter, together with the full stop,  always looks like a colon. Likewise with &quot;r,&quot; looking like semi-colon. As a compulsive proof-reader I always double-take these constructions to make sure they didn't make a mistake...I seriously doubt the science behind these &quot;studies&quot; that claim TNR or equivalent is &quot;easier&quot; to read. I wonder who they canvass, how the study is structured, and what the numbers are on the results - i.e. whether there is a convincing bias or if it's a bit more iffy. To my mind serifs just clutter a page, but in any event if they are going to insist on serif typefaces what's wrong with courier? Much cleaner and less fussy than Times.Ok that's my hobby-horse ride over for today. Feels much better.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[chrisbedford]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:57:17 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I agree]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[with Nick. It's a case of best font for the medium. If you're reading off a screen, fonts need to be anti-aliased and sans serif lends itself much better to that.As to print text - well, the serifs were created for a reason. It's not like they wanted an excuse to make printing *more* expensive and complicated.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[darpoke]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:09:35 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Re: Man-boy love]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Santeewelding,I'm guessing you've never worked in the education field, whether public or higher education? End users in the education field are quite different from any other field IT support has. Persons in education are truly like children when they are supported. And if you by some chance are seeing some kind of misplace affection, which apparent;y you have...I don't know where you are getting it from.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[RayJeff]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:01:12 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[It's situational for me]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[On paper, I prefer a serif font such as Times Roman.  On screen, I much prefer an sans serif font.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[NickNielsen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:00:28 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[You young whipper-snappers...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I'm not a big fan of TNR either and I also find the sans serif fonts easier to read.  BUT, your disdain for TNR could be more a product of your generation/demographics than you'd suspect.  Apparently people read by the shape of the word and the tags on the serif fonts (like TNR) actually make words much easier to read - for those who learned to read with them.  I read an article on this saying that would be people in America over a certain age (about 50 or 60 now).  It claimed Europeans are used to the sans serif fonts as are many younger Americans.I too often feel mildly annoyed when I see TNR, especially on screen it's harder to read.  Too me it's stodgy and formal.  (Though comic sans is REALLY annoying as it screams &quot;don't take me seriously.&quot;)I can't find the original article on why different generations/demographics prefer different fonts, but this is an interesting read on fonts and the role they play in document design (if you're into that sort of thing...)  http://www.mousetrax.com/ebooks/sampleaddlessonone.html]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[LLL3]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:45:50 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[You used]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[five contractions in your four-line post. If your sentiment was so important, why didn't you just type 'you are...' instead of 'you're...'? Acronyms exist for a reason.The problem occur when acronyms are either overused or nonstandard. Both of these tend to be cases of management trying to maintain their authority by using whatever buzzword  du jour they've just heard, often erroneously and thus counterproductively.But you try holding a discussion about networking without using DHCP, DNS, FTP, TCP/IP, SSH, SMB, VPN or even 'managing IPFW directly through the CLI'. Some conversations end up twice as long with the conversants out of breath unless they use the acceptable industry standard abbreviations.It extends to many other areas too - here our edit software is FCP (Final Cut Pro), formats we work in are PAL or NTSC with respective frame rates of 25 and 29.97 FPS, and a common export format is H.264.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[darpoke]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:58:41 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Dude, what are you doing?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[You used an *i*. That's a vowel. You wasted a whole character. That's one millisecond more that my brain could have atrophied. You owe me some neural damage!Bah. I hope you like all the vowels I've used in this post. Your brain should hold out for *ages*. Sucker ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[darpoke]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:05:17 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Well said]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It takes a lot of effort to get along with the 'mass' of people now-a-days.So many perceive they are so targeted with bad intentions... It ain't just so!!And, there are many more who can't just accept that most people; just don't mean them harm..... they are just stupid...]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Falconeer]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:43:04 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[LOL]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Quote:---ALL CAPS has been the equivalent of SHOUTING for only a few years, and the easy choice of fonts and styles has only been around a few years more than that.---I'm surprised this one hasn't been jumped on sooner. All caps was considered shouting pretty much from the time e-mail was first used, back in 1969 or whenever. It was in fact only once e-mail became widely in the commercial sphere used that all caps started to become &quot;acceptable&quot; amongst those who had, as you point out, used it in paper memos. Doesn't excuse its use.To my mind, a hanging offence is printing e-mails out in order to read them. I knew someone whose business was based on computers - he was a self-employed installer / &quot;supporter&quot; of a medical practitioners' accounting package - whose secretary was the one who received his e-mails. She would print them all out for him and put them in his &quot;In&quot; tray... he read them and responded - wait for it - by _writing out_ his response, in longhand, on a new sheet of paper, which he then placed in his out tray. The secretary then e-mailed back.Unless it was personal communication, in which case the boss would *fax* the handwritten letter back to the sender of the e-mail. I kid you not. Way to keep it confidential, Vic!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[chrisbedford]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:21:37 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Sheez, say what!?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Comic Sans is still at least a relatively &quot;eye-friendly&quot; font. When I see *anything* in Times Roman my first instinct is to close it. If it's an e-mail I then delete; if it's a website I avoid going back there unless absolutely necessary. I think it's *URGLY* but apart from that it's old-fashioned and much harder to read than almost any of the more modern typefaces (cf Arial, boring but much more legible).I'd support a movement to eradicate Times Roman. Pity it's the default on virtually every email program, web browser, and web server ever made...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:51:56 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Re to Man-boy love]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Santeewelding,ok, you have me confused now? Actually, your subject has me confused. &quot;The truth&quot; that I am talking about deals with the observation that many IT professionals who have supported professionals (faculty, staff, students) in the Education field has noticed to be true.  And by numbers alone, there are more female education professionals than men, we have supported more women than men. Therein lies &quot;the truth&quot;.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[RayJeff]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:32:26 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Hehe]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Guilty as charged, done that.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[gueibor]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:38:56 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[This is true.. but still.. so annoying when abused]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I agree that receipts can be good, I have used them myself when annoyed at people for not reading emails and then freaking out when changes were made after clearly saying.. &quot;if you do not respond to this email I will make this change&quot;.. However, I have friends and co workers who make it a default on all messages.. and it is infuriating!!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tinesliakos]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:37:50 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Yes?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[1. Yes I am old.  I don't like it but I'm afraid of the alternative.2. I am ignorant of many things, but am capable of learning from everyone even morons.3. By bigoted response are you referring to your response?The librarian ran study hall way back then.  We didn't have PCs.  Study hall was used as a way of keeping misbehaving kids after school without the teacher having to watch them.  Lots of kids both smart and less so served time in study hall without becoming morons or problem kids.As to morons getting into the White House.  Wake up.  That's been going on since before I can remember, from both parties.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[LocoLobo]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:54:34 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[We've been]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[put on notice.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[boxfiddler]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:53:50 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Details in original article here]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&amp;objectid=10594014&quot;they talked about a number of emails she had sent, yet used only one in evidence.&quot;&quot;Authority member Alastair Dumbleton said Ms Walker received no warnings, and while she had contributed to disharmony in the workplace it was not to the extent that dismissal was fair or reasonable.&quot;ProCare did not have a style or etiquette guide for employees using email, so it was not clear what was regarded as unacceptable communication.&quot;]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[keith2468a]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:47:38 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Strange you should bring that up]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[on a day that is not the 22nd of October.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[The 'G-Man.']]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 08:04:12 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Wrong guy]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I know that Santee is very hot, very conservative and a wonderful place to live just outside of San Diego.  I can see that you are very conscientious about Exodus 20:7.  Just to point our outrage in the right direction, a person who replied to my comment used the term that offended you.  My comment do not use that term.I am impress that you have invested in such useful software but I am not surprised.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[gary@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 05:55:10 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Sorry to have gotten on your nerves]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It is interesting how this subject can evoke so much emotion in people but it does highlight the essential point of the article.  Something as insufficient as capital letters in some emails can lead to dogmatic behavior in some people.Thank you for your reply and my apologies for getting your back up.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[gary@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 05:40:15 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[International CAPS LOCK DAY?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Maybe she thought it was October 22nd already - International CAPS LOCK DAY.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[johnt@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 04:59:35 -0700</pubDate>
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