Am I stupid? (Rant, but not OT)

[Lance M Hillier, Sr]

Arrrghhhh.... if I see another person say he/she is a programmer, with all
the misspellings
in their posts, am I stupid, or do I want THAT in my computer as a program?

C'mon programmers.... you want to 'sell' your reputations; using
misspellings in the simplest of
forums, yet want me to believe you are taking care of the $1,000's I've
spent on my system and you care about me?

If you have a good prgram, TREMENDOUS, I want it.... BUT, if you sell it to
me with misspellings in your message, KNOW I know your code is sloppy, and
if you're looking for THE job at MIcrosoft, so do they (I know, been there
done that).... clean up your act (shareware authors too) .... after all, I
don't think you want to be known as amateurs breaking into the big time, do
you? Be a pro, and treat us like we've got brains, beyond Mayer's "A verbal
contract isn't worth the paper it's written on...."

 

[Blinky the Shark]

Arrrghhhh.... if I see another person say he/she is a programmer, with all
the misspellings
in their posts, am I stupid, or do I want THAT in my computer as a program?

C'mon programmers.... you want to 'sell' your reputations; using
misspellings in the simplest of
forums, yet want me to believe you are taking care of the $1,000's I've
spent on my system and you care about me?

If you have a good prgram, TREMENDOUS, I want it.... BUT, if you sell it to
me with misspellings in your message, KNOW I know your code is sloppy, and
if you're looking for THE job at MIcrosoft, so do they (I know, been there
done that).... clean up your act (shareware authors too) .... after all, I
don't think you want to be known as amateurs breaking into the big time, do
you? Be a pro, and treat us like we've got brains, beyond Mayer's "A verbal
contract isn't worth the paper it's written on...."

I second those opinions. Well, I would, if opinions could be seconded.

 

[Terry Russell]

Course as a years ago programmer, we know a misspelled word used as a
variable in a program works just as good as a correctly spelled one and
sometimes we used variations of spelling just to get it unique.

Realize that isn't acceptable in the description of the program.

In defense realise that misspelt words may seem weird
but they may have a legitimate defence.
They may be dyslexic, or partially blind, or have lost three fingers,
or have an English spell checker, or non English first language, or
any combination of these and anything else.

Perhaps they made the mistake of thinking Shakespere and Chaucer et al
were English and lingua franca is French. The French certainly do.
If you want to modernise you may have to understand what modernize means.

 

[DH]

Arrrghhhh.... if I see another person say he/she is a programmer, with all
the misspellings
in their posts, am I stupid, or do I want THAT in my computer as a program?

C'mon programmers.... you want to 'sell' your reputations; using
misspellings in the simplest of
forums, yet want me to believe you are taking care of the $1,000's I've
spent on my system and you care about me?

If you have a good prgram, TREMENDOUS, I want it.... BUT, if you sell it to
me with misspellings in your message, KNOW I know your code is sloppy, and
if you're looking for THE job at MIcrosoft, so do they (I know, been there
done that).... clean up your act (shareware authors too) .... after all, I
don't think you want to be known as amateurs breaking into the big time, do
you? Be a pro, and treat us like we've got brains, beyond Mayer's "A verbal
contract isn't worth the paper it's written on...."

The only problem I have with your argument is your implication that a "job
at MIcrosoft" is an accomplishment.

I have seen numerous error messages in Windows 98 that have spelling
errors, not to mention bad grammar. Bad grammar and poorly worded fraises
are the norm for MIcrosoft.

IMHO,

Dave H.

 

[Alan]

Arrrghhhh.... if I see another person say he/she is a programmer,
with all the misspellings
in their posts, am I stupid, or do I want THAT in my computer as a
program?

C'mon programmers.... you want to 'sell' your reputations; using
misspellings in the simplest of
forums, yet want me to believe you are taking care of the $1,000's
I've spent on my system and you care about me?

If you have a good prgram, TREMENDOUS, I want it.... BUT, if you sell
it to me with misspellings in your message, KNOW I know your code is
sloppy, and if you're looking for THE job at MIcrosoft, so do they (I
know, been there done that).... clean up your act (shareware authors
too) .... after all, I don't think you want to be known as amateurs
breaking into the big time, do you? Be a pro, and treat us like we've
got brains, beyond Mayer's "A verbal contract isn't worth the paper
it's written on...."

Spot on. The company I work for will not hire anybody with poor
spelling, grammar etc. in their application/ resume. This goes
*especially* for programmers, as it is seen to indicate a tendency
towards carelessness, sloppyness, etc. To all the tech-heads, geeks and
others who claim "it's too much trouble to bother to check" or "what
does it matter, provided you get the message acroos", think again.
Despite technical aptitude, careless spelling may well be excluding you
from jobs in your own area of technical expertise.

2¢

 

[Greg Barlow]

Arrrghhhh.... if I see another person say he/she is a programmer, with all
the misspellings in their posts, am I stupid, or do I want THAT in my

computer as a program?

You bet!

Personally, I wouldn't trust any programmer who could formulate a coherent,
grammatical sentence with no misspellings.

Real geeks are functionally illiterate. Everyone knows that.

Greg

 

[Blinky the Shark]

In defense realise that misspelt words may seem weird but they may
have a legitimate defence. They may be dyslexic, or partially blind,
or have lost three fingers, or have an English spell checker, or non
English first language, or any combination of these and anything else.

There's nothing stopping them from getting someone who *is* fluent and
competent with the language to edit and proof it for them, and make it
right.

 

[Lance M Hillier, Sr]

On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 22:58:36 GMT, Lance M Hillier, Sr

[snip]

Are you *ever* going to fix your sig? Seriously, I want to know.

What's wrong with my sig?

 

[Lance M Hillier, Sr]

The only problem I have with your argument is your implication that a "job
at MIcrosoft" is an accomplishment.

I have seen numerous error messages in Windows 98 that have spelling
errors, not to mention bad grammar. Bad grammar and poorly worded fraises
are the norm for MIcrosoft.

IMHO,

Dave H.

Back in my good ol' days:
I received a "cease and decease" letter from MS, and was told "I'd never be
a MS Editor/Technician/Administror now and in the future... they are
right.... never again, despite questions to the contrary (and $5,000 to be
an authorized MS Tech), have I asked MS to ever OK me again

 

[DC]

On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 22:58:36 GMT, Lance M Hillier, Sr

[snip]

Are you *ever* going to fix your sig? Seriously, I want to know.

What's wrong with my sig?

It is invalid. Consequently, it does not get snipped when someone
replies to your posts, leaving us to have to snip it manually.

The proper format is "-- " <- note the trailing space

Please fix it, as a courtesy to others.

 

[DC]

I received a "cease and decease" letter from MS [snip]

Sounds like something I'm thinking of sending *to* MS, should they ever
proceed with this:

http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=482764672&fp=16&fpid=0

 

[Nicolaas Hawkins]

The only problem I have with your argument is your implication that a
"job at MIcrosoft" is an accomplishment.

I have seen numerous error messages in Windows 98 that have spelling
errors, not to mention bad grammar. Bad grammar and poorly worded
fraises are the norm for MIcrosoft.

IMHO,

Dave H.

Microsoft have poorly-worded strawberries?


(fraise = strawberry in French)

 

[Blinky the Shark]

DC wrote:
On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 22:58:36 GMT, Lance M Hillier, Sr
[snip]
--
Lance M Hillier, Sr
The Guerrilla Computor
Are you *ever* going to fix your sig? Seriously, I want to know.
What's wrong with my sig?

It is invalid. Consequently, it does not get snipped when someone
replies to your posts, leaving us to have to snip it manually.
The proper format is "-- " <- note the trailing space
Please fix it, as a courtesy to others.

Do you mind me saying,
"Kiss mine.... you're a fool"?
If you do, KIss my ass, fool...

Is that somehow relevant to your sig still being invalid?

 

[Lance M Hillier, Sr]

NIcolas & Dave,
if you make goood news... God Love you, BUT you've heard someone who can sue
you big time, an d youy won't answer that, will you? I Know you won]5; ergo,
SHUT TNicolaas Hawkins wrote:
I+m stupid, believe me> On 22 Aug 2003 DH wrote :

 

[Loki Harfagr]

NIcolas & Dave,
if you make goood news... God Love you, BUT you've heard someone
who can sue you big time, an d youy won't answer that, will you? I
Know you won]5; ergo, SHUT TNicolaas Hawkins wrote:
I+m stupid, believe me> On 22 Aug 2003 DH wrote :

Now, what is *that* ?

You start a flame on spelling and after a few posts
and a lot of broken sig requoted and top-posts you
can see that you made the grade in achieving a
perfectly ****ed-up and illiterate post ?

What happened to you or you fingers ?
Did the cat suddenly threw the coffee pot
on your knees ?

Face it, if you really wanted to say something in the
upper quoted text you'd better try and fix the way it
appears and a few slipperies in the chars )

 

[John Corliss]

I received a "cease and decease" letter from MS [snip]

Sounds like something I'm thinking of sending *to* MS, should they ever
proceed with this:

http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=482764672&fp=16&fpid=0

Looking more and more like it's time for Linux. Thanks for the link.

 

[Alan]

On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 22:58:36 GMT, Lance M Hillier, Sr

[snip]

Are you *ever* going to fix your sig? Seriously, I want to know.
What's wrong with my sig?

Nothing at this end. OE seems to snip it just fine.

 

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=BBQ=AB?=]

Do you mind me saying,
"Kiss mine.... you're a fool"?
If you do, KIss my ass, fool...

I don't mind terribly if you want that kind of relationship with a
moose, but please don't let it distract you from fixing your sig.
As tlshell says, it only takes a sec.

 

[=?iso-8859-1?Q?Mal=F9?=]

Fri, 22 Aug 2003 15:00:07 GMT
(e-mail address removed) ha scritto:

"(If your result seems to be in error, try RELOAD-REFRESH, or go BACK
to the test page and click Check Your Answers again. Please report any
bugs to the author.)"

I missed 20, but I don't think it was due to bugs. That is terrible.

My results:
You missed 6 words.
Here are the correct spellings of the ones you got wrong:
desiccate
accommodate
embarrassment
judgment
drunkenness
development

My conclusions:
I can't accomodate the embarassment of this judgment and the development
will be to desiccate my drunkness!

 

[Blinky the Shark]

My results:
You missed 6 words.
Here are the correct spellings of the ones you got wrong:
desiccate
accommodate
embarrassment
judgment
drunkenness
development

My conclusions:
I can't accomodate the embarassment of this judgment and the development
will be to desiccate my drunkness!

My conclusions:

Nice job with only six errors!

It looks like four of your errors were of a specific type:

To double letters, or not to double letters; that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of
outrageous meatware spelling handicaps, or to take arms against a sea
of errors, and, by opposing, end them. ...

Ay, there's the rub.