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1. Aaron Williamson

   ALL CAPS: it's what lawyers crave.

   about a year ago from web
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   • Bradley M. Kuhn

     @COPIESOFCOPIES, I'M THEREFORE VERY SURPRISED THAT LAWYERS MOSTLY USE MICROSOFT WINDOWS. IT SEEMS THEY'D PREFER VMS AND ITS ALL-CAPS-NESS.

     about a year ago
   • Fabian Scherschel Bradley M. Kuhn

     @bkuhn STOP SHOUTING!!!!!

     about a year ago
   • Aaron Williamson Bradley M. Kuhn

     @bkuhn It's related to the free will debate: if lawyers weren't *allowed* to use lowercase, the choice of ALL CAPS wouldn't be meaningful.

     about a year ago
   • Bradley M. Kuhn Fabian Scherschel

     @FABSH, IRONICALLY,WHEN I EXCHANGED EMAIL WITH VMS USERS ON CAMPUS,I OFTEN TOLD THEM THAT AND THEY HAD NO CLUE WHY I SAID THEY WERE SHOUTING

     about a year ago
   • Fabian Scherschel Bradley M. Kuhn

     @bkuhn WHAT??? CAPSLOCK OS????

     about a year ago
   • Bradley M. Kuhn

     @copiesofcopies, VMS itself didn't require that you type in all caps. It was just case insensitive by design & all output was in caps.

     about a year ago
   • Jeff Gehlbach Bradley M. Kuhn

     @bkuhn @copiesofcopies the NT kernel and much that touches it was built by VMS engineers hired away from DEC...

     about a year ago