On Thu, 2013-01-31 at 17:34 +0100, Andras Simon wrote: > > Just out of interest, why do some people use the non-existent word > "i", > > not to mention other violations of capitalization rules when 1) > their > > Shift key is clearly not broken, and 2) they aren't the poet e.e. > > cummings? I've seen a number of people do this (admittedly a tiny > > minority) and never understood it. Do they think it's cool? Are they > > expressing their inner rebel? Were they punished by their English > > teacher at school? Is hitting Shift too much effort? Enquiring minds > > want to know. > > I'd think it's the coolness thing. But highly intelligent people do it > occasionally, so I have no clue either.
Yes, some of the Bell Labs people including none other than Ken Thompson were known for doing this, but ken gets a pass for obvious reasons :-) poc -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
