Re: DIS: proto: caps lock

2007-08-02 Thread Zefram
Geoffrey Spear wrote: >RFC 2119 is intended to govern technical specifications for software >and communications protocols which is a situation where precision and clarity are of great importance. Human-directed law is another such situation. We have debates about the meaning of the rules all the

Re: DIS: proto: caps lock

2007-08-02 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On 8/1/07, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > comex wrote: > >AMEND RULE 2152 BY CHANGING ALL WORDS IN ALL CAPS TO THEIR NORMAL ENGLISH > >CAPITALIZATION, THEN AMEND EVERY OTHER RULE BY CHANGING THOSE WORDS IN THE > >SAME WAY. > > No thanks. The capitalised spelling provides a useful distinction

Re: DIS: proto: caps lock

2007-08-01 Thread Zefram
comex wrote: >AMEND RULE 2152 BY CHANGING ALL WORDS IN ALL CAPS TO THEIR NORMAL ENGLISH >CAPITALIZATION, THEN AMEND EVERY OTHER RULE BY CHANGING THOSE WORDS IN THE >SAME WAY. No thanks. The capitalised spelling provides a useful distinction between the precisely-defined terms and the ordinary E

Re: DIS: proto: caps lock

2007-08-01 Thread Ian Kelly
On 8/1/07, comex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Proto: caps lock > (AI=2, disinterested) > > AMEND RULE 2152 BY CHANGING ALL WORDS IN ALL CAPS TO THEIR NORMAL ENGLISH > CAPITALIZATION, THEN AMEND EVERY OTHER RULE BY CHANGING THOSE WORDS IN THE > SAME WAY. You should also remove the "all caps" refere

DIS: proto: caps lock

2007-08-01 Thread comex
Proto: caps lock (AI=2, disinterested) AMEND RULE 2152 BY CHANGING ALL WORDS IN ALL CAPS TO THEIR NORMAL ENGLISH CAPITALIZATION, THEN AMEND EVERY OTHER RULE BY CHANGING THOSE WORDS IN THE SAME WAY. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.