From: Wolf K on 6 Aug 2010 17:03 On 06/08/2010 16:51, David H. Lipman wrote: [...] > Jargon and colloquial speech is not proper English and is only for very informal > conversations. Never on technical discussions. For every context there is a proper register (that's a technical term). You violate it at your peril. But be careful: just because you're among truckers doesn't mean you can talk like one. That is, truckers among themselves is one context, truckers with you present is another. "Good communicators" are skilled at adapting their speech and writing to the context. cheers, wolf k.
From: John Slade on 6 Aug 2010 17:41 On 8/6/2010 1:56 PM, David H. Lipman wrote: > From: "John Slade"<hhitman86(a)pacbell.net> > > > > | And acid core capacitors are wet capacitors. Now let me > | ask you this. Would you repair a motherboard that has several > | bulging electrolytic capacitors rather than replace the > | motherboard? I'm still waiting for Dustin to tell me when was > | the last time he repaired a sound card and what it was. > > I would consider such a circuit board to have compromised integrity and not being worthy > of repair, only replacement. > > Now tell Dustin Cook that please. He doesn't seem to get that point. John
From: David H. Lipman on 6 Aug 2010 18:20 From: "Wolf K" <wekirch(a)sympatico.ca> | On 06/08/2010 16:51, David H. Lipman wrote: | [...] >> Jargon and colloquial speech is not proper English and is only for very informal >> conversations. Never on technical discussions. | For every context there is a proper register (that's a technical term). | You violate it at your peril. But be careful: just because you're among | truckers doesn't mean you can talk like one. That is, truckers among | themselves is one context, truckers with you present is another. | "Good communicators" are skilled at adapting their speech and writing to | the context. I'll drink to that ! -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
From: David H. Lipman on 6 Aug 2010 18:21 From: "John Slade" <hhitman86(a)pacbell.net> | On 8/6/2010 1:56 PM, David H. Lipman wrote: >> From: "John Slade"<hhitman86(a)pacbell.net> >> | And acid core capacitors are wet capacitors. Now let me >> | ask you this. Would you repair a motherboard that has several >> | bulging electrolytic capacitors rather than replace the >> | motherboard? I'm still waiting for Dustin to tell me when was >> | the last time he repaired a sound card and what it was. >> I would consider such a circuit board to have compromised integrity and not being >> worthy >> of repair, only replacement. | Now tell Dustin Cook that please. He doesn't seem to | get that point. Dustin is still young and is still learning. Albeit he has come a long ways :-) Cheers Dustin. -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
From: Wolf K on 6 Aug 2010 19:23
On 06/08/2010 18:20, David H. Lipman wrote: > From: "Wolf K"<wekirch(a)sympatico.ca> > > | On 06/08/2010 16:51, David H. Lipman wrote: > | [...] >>> Jargon and colloquial speech is not proper English and is only for very informal >>> conversations. Never on technical discussions. > > | For every context there is a proper register (that's a technical term). > | You violate it at your peril. But be careful: just because you're among > | truckers doesn't mean you can talk like one. That is, truckers among > | themselves is one context, truckers with you present is another. > > | "Good communicators" are skilled at adapting their speech and writing to > | the context. > > I'll drink to that ! > > A single malt and water, please. ;-) wolf k. |