tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post2833884273358706892..comments2023-10-25T06:13:28.265-04:00Comments on The Conservative Wahoo: I will not type that way again. I will not type that way again. I will not...The Conservative Wahoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17818674434286683162noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post-89102216959413063062011-01-17T15:25:07.298-05:002011-01-17T15:25:07.298-05:00Hammer - that all depends on how many spaces they ...Hammer - that all depends on how many spaces they leave between themselves while dancing...one or two. But we really don't have time to devote to such trivial matters here. The substantive issue is do we hold longingly to what we learned during a momentary aberration in typography or do we revert to the founding typesetters' intentions? Punctuation and Constitutions should not be reinterpreted each time the winds shift. This is a matter of the very foundation of our existences. Period. space.Mudgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10106218895150473141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post-55868548684130529642011-01-17T10:25:40.096-05:002011-01-17T10:25:40.096-05:00How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? I&...How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? I've done quite a bit of research in this area and haven't come up with anything concrete. Any thoughts?"The Hammer"https://www.blogger.com/profile/16342812251947807673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post-5785578908695939132011-01-17T08:59:48.607-05:002011-01-17T08:59:48.607-05:00Gotta be a joke somewhere in there about what come...Gotta be a joke somewhere in there about what comes after a period...Lesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post-9465485121070783612011-01-16T16:34:25.381-05:002011-01-16T16:34:25.381-05:00So, some dead white men from Europe decided someth...So, some dead white men from Europe decided something over a hundred years ago, and we're stuck with it? I thought that the current fashion was to ignore anything produced by by such, as they were hopelessly misogynistic racist theists.Ken Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05964472361213569789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post-48164801345214326282011-01-16T14:17:58.570-05:002011-01-16T14:17:58.570-05:00I received a 1 point deduction in my grade on a re...I received a 1 point deduction in my grade on a recent research paper. It was for using 2 spaces after a "full stop".Doc Milnamohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14859084898805569831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post-69537699358044018622011-01-16T11:49:16.493-05:002011-01-16T11:49:16.493-05:00I don't see any reason to change. More than l...I don't see any reason to change. More than likely, most people who have learned to type are very familiar with the two space rule. Trying to force a change on that seems like an easy way to produce mistakes. How would a typed document look with some sentences followed by two spaces and others by one? And I doubt most people would think to use control-f (or command-f for Apple users such as myself) to find any instances of double spacing, considering how often they forget to use spell check (or edit to begin with), use the reply-all option in email when it is entirely inappropriate, or any of a number of other bad habits most computer users pick up. <br /><br />One space may be fine, but I see nothing wrong with two spaces, and quite frankly, I can't imagine how anyone could be so OCD as to be that picky.CR UVahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00087674006986070021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post-41094606522669455412011-01-16T11:33:25.195-05:002011-01-16T11:33:25.195-05:00And I would have stayed with it IF it only changed...And I would have stayed with it IF it only changed because of the informality of writing with word processors. But the fact that the typesetting authorities that pre-dated the typewriter only called for one space was enough for me to revert to the original standard. <br /><br />Plus, think of all the extra time it gives us. We're not getting any younger you know.Mudgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10106218895150473141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post-36176554769573989092011-01-16T11:19:25.533-05:002011-01-16T11:19:25.533-05:00A GOOD Conservative would stay with the tried and ...A GOOD Conservative would stay with the tried and true two space rule. Like that.The Conservative Wahoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17818674434286683162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post-24619440812633486092011-01-16T11:12:22.079-05:002011-01-16T11:12:22.079-05:00But, but ... Don't wanna change my whole typin...But, but ... Don't wanna change my whole typing pattern! I have a rhythm of two taps after every sentence stop. Grr.<br /><br />Worse still was I was taught that while growing up with computers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com