Re: Your company policy with regards to INTERNET sources

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From: Tim Foley
Date: Sun, 06 Dec 1992 18:08

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>>alexb@minerva1.bull.it (Alessandro Bottonelli) writes:
>>:  WHY 'NATURALLY' ? ACTUALLT I AM SURPRISED NO COMPANY (AS FAR AS I KNOW)
>>: HAD TACKLED THE ISSUE SO FAR. I SUSPECT UPPER MANAGEMENT HAS NO 
>
>>Stop shouting!  We can hear you without your caps-lock key on.
>
>This is interesting ... it is the second time today I get flamed for
>writing followups in CAPS. Why do people find it comparable to shouting or
>at least find it disturbing ? Any psicologist or analist out there who
>can explain this ?
>

  Thats because ALL-CAPS is the accepted standard for shouting in the net.  
Not to mention the fact that when you have been reading mail for a few hours 
and a screen full of caps goes by....ouch!....your eyeballs nearly do bungy 
jumps... :)
 
  Use Caps to *REALLY* get the point across.
 
							Take Care 
							   Tim




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Subject: Re: Your company policy with regards to INTERNET sources
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