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Navy Scuttles All-Cap Messages
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Posted on 06/06/2013 5:20:20 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
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Just think of the millions saved!
We're GREEN!
To: Sub-Driver
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posted on
06/06/2013 5:21:42 PM PDT
by
The KG9 Kid
(Demand Common Sense Nut Control.)
To: Sub-Driver
“Air raid. Pearl Harbor. This is not a drill.”
Doesn’t have the same...note.
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posted on
06/06/2013 5:23:13 PM PDT
by
Riley
(The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
To: Sub-Driver
Oh puh-leeze. Is this what constitutes a priority now for the Navy that it warrants a press release on the subject?
Such sad times we find ourselves in.
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posted on
06/06/2013 5:23:24 PM PDT
by
SueRae
(It isn't over. In God We Trust.)
To: Sub-Driver
“now hear this”
Yeah, that’ll work
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posted on
06/06/2013 5:24:44 PM PDT
by
bigbob
To: Sub-Driver
younger recipients of all-cap messages might tend to think that the person sending them was SCREAMING AT THEM AND REALLY TICKED OFF.
poor babies... bunch of over sensitive hot house flowers
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posted on
06/06/2013 5:26:29 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: Sub-Driver
All caps were obsolete in 1995 (end of electronic scanning), and that format was always a pain in the ass to read, and often confusing. It only took 20 years to move on.
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posted on
06/06/2013 5:27:01 PM PDT
by
SampleMan
(Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
To: SueRae
I’m certain that somewhere in the bowels of the Pentagon, somebody felt the old template was unfair to the lower case letters.
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posted on
06/06/2013 5:27:15 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: Joe 6-pack
Im certain that somewhere in the bowels of the Pentagon, somebody felt the old template was unfair to the lower case letters.
Now THAT is funny.
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posted on
06/06/2013 5:29:16 PM PDT
by
newheart
(The worst thing the Left ever did was to convince the world it was not a religion.)
To: The KG9 Kid
All caps was the only way to get the attention of guys like Halsey.
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posted on
06/06/2013 5:32:02 PM PDT
by
skeeter
To: Sub-Driver
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posted on
06/06/2013 5:32:35 PM PDT
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: SueRae
Hey at least the press release wasn’t in caps..............so there!
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posted on
06/06/2013 5:32:57 PM PDT
by
Sub-Driver
(Proud member of the Republican wing of the Republican Party)
To: Sub-Driver
Actually, CAPS were used originally because teletype machines for crypto work only had caps and later on the early computers were built around six-bit codes that limited the number of characters, numbers, and symbols to 64. Since most coded messages were in blocks of letters, like SDAAW SSNKL QWHHJ, it reduced ambiguities and confusion to use caps. For example, small letters like q, p, g could be easily misread on old typewriters and teletypes when the ribbons dried up.
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posted on
06/06/2013 5:34:52 PM PDT
by
oldbill
To: Sub-Driver
Another factor was that younger recipients of all-cap messages might tend to think that the person sending them was SCREAMING AT THEM AND REALLY TICKED OFF. It's the Navy. It is screaming at them and really ticked off.
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posted on
06/06/2013 5:35:16 PM PDT
by
Riley
(The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
To: Joe 6-pack
LMAO.... or perhaps, lmao.
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posted on
06/06/2013 5:37:17 PM PDT
by
Gator113
( ~just keep livin~ I drink good wine, listen to good music and dream good dreams.)
To: Sub-Driver
.SDRAWKCAB DNA SPAC LLA ETAH I
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posted on
06/06/2013 5:37:43 PM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(I voted Republican, no Conservative was on the ballot.)
To: Riley
That one would be in all caps, regardless of the era.
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posted on
06/06/2013 5:38:34 PM PDT
by
WildHighlander57
((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000))
To: Sub-Driver
Capital idea!
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posted on
06/06/2013 5:41:10 PM PDT
by
EveningStar
("What color is the sky in your world?" -- Frasier Crane)
To: bigbob
Yep, but this works better:)
“NOW HEAR THIS”
“ALL SWEEPERS MAN YOUR BROOMS. GIVE HER A GOOD SWEEP DOWN FORE AND AFT. DO NOT THROWN TRASH OVER THE FANTAIL.”
“THAT IS ALL”
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posted on
06/06/2013 5:52:33 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
("Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent." -- Adam Smith)
To: Drango
It was bound to happen sooner or later. Should have seen it coming when they replaced Mr. Hands in CATCC with a computer screen.
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posted on
06/06/2013 5:53:14 PM PDT
by
USNBandit
(sarcasm engaged at all times)
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