krw krw@att.bizzzz posted to sci.electronics.design:

> In article <1192032873.503792.191410@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups. com>,
> pomerado@hotmail.com says...
>> On Oct 10, 4:37 am, John Fields <jfie...@austininstruments.com>
>> wrote:
>> > On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:31:28 -0700, Lester Zick
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > <dontbot...@nowhere.net> wrote:
>> > >On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:50:42 -0500, John Fields
>> > ><jfie...@austininstruments.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > >>On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:10:39 -0700, Lester Zick
>> > >><dontbot...@nowhere.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > >>>On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 23:33:12 -0700, ChairmanOfTheBored
>> > >>><RUBo...@crackasmile.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > >>>>On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:55:28 -0700, John Larkin
>> > >>>><jjlar...@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > >>>>>On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:02:16 -0700, "Herbert John \"Jackie\"
>> > >>>>>Gleason" <BufordTJust...@Texarkanacops.gov> wrote:
>> >
>> > >>>>>>On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:23:42 -0700, Lester Zick
>> > >>>>>><dontbot...@nowhere.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > >>>>>>>>It will only get worse and I just think that nipping the
>> > >>>>>>>>problems in the bud is the best solution instead of
>> > >>>>>>>>waiting until their full blown.
>> >
>> > >>>>>>>It's good to know the problem itself isn't already full
>> > >>>>>>>blown.
>> >
>> > >>>>>> They guy has a severe problem with the word "they're" in
>> > >>>>>> several
>> > >>>>> ^^^^^^^^
>> > >>>>>>locations in this thread alone.
>> >
>> > >>>>>They guy?
>> >
>> > >>>>>Funny.
>> >
>> > >>>>>John
>> >
>> > >>>> Typo, dipshit. You... retarded.
>> >
>> > >>>Well sure. We all make them occasionally. That's why I don't
>> > >>>comment unless its repeated.
>> > >> ^^^
>> > >> ??? LOL!!!
>> >
>> > >???
>> >
>> > ---
>> > the contraction of "it is" isn't possessive.
>> > ---
>> >
>> > >>>But you have no idea how disconcerting it can to
>> > >> ^
>> > >> be
>> >
>> > >Granted. Missing my usual quota of vodka when I replied.
>> >
>> > ---
>> > Granted???
>> >
>> > You're a pompous ass.
>> > ---
>> >
>> > >>>be reading a comment critically when you come across a boo boo
>> > >>>like that. At the very least it destroys the train of
>> > >>>thought.And technical
>> > >> ^
>> > >> Space
>> > >> or 2
>> >
>> > >???
>> >
>> > ---
>> > Conventional American English requires that the period ending one
>> > sentence be followed by one or two (usually two) spaces prior to
>> > the start of the next sentence.
>>
>> Two spaces are recommended in non-proportional fonts like Courier
>> New,
>> a legacy from typewriter days. Some proportional fonts used in
>> modern computers adjust the location of the period at the end of a
>> sentence so that two spaces are not required to provide a
>> distinctive space between sentences.
>
> Exactly.
>
>> I still use two spaces anyway.
>>
> I do too, but Frame bitches so I try to shift to one when writing
> documents. When I do the final check I end up hitting 'y' all the
> way through.
>
>

Well, Frame is broken, not you. If had bought a tool that was that
messed up the vendor would sure be hearing from me. (MS does hear
from me on a regular basis, not that they pay any attention.)