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DATE: 14 DEC 2023 SUBJECT: UPPER CASE SALUTATIONS: PERHAPS EVERY SYSTEM SELLER ASPIRED TO BUSINESS AND CAPABILITY SIGNALS WITH FORMALITY AND AUTHORITARIANISM
by mynameisnoone 3y ago
DATE: 14 DEC 2023
SUBJECT: UPPER CASE
SALUTATIONS:
PERHAPS EVERY SYSTEM SELLER ASPIRED TO BUSINESS AND CAPABILITY SIGNALS WITH FORMALITY AND AUTHORITARIANISM LIKE "WE BEGIN BOMBING IN FIVE MINUTES". HOW WEAK AND TIMID WOULD IT APPEAR IN LOWER CASE? THAT IS THE REASON. IT DEFINITELY WAS NOT THE FACT THAT MOST 50'S AND 60'S SYSTEMS LACKED LOWER CASE, SO THERE WAS ONLY ONE CASE. OR THAT EARLY OCR NEEDED TO USE AN ALPHABET AS DISTINGUISHABLE AS POSSIBLE.
ARGUE WITH ME, BUT I THINK AFTER LOWER CASE BECAME A THING, WE FORGOT AND LEFT CAPS LOCK ON SO WE COULD SHOUT LIKE GRANDPA WHO FORGOT TO CHANGE HIS HEARING AID BATTERIES RATHER THAN IT WAS TOO MUCH EFFORT TO HOLD SHIFT ON KEYBOARDS AND SCREENS.
BUT WORRY NOT YOUNGSTERS, IN 50 YEARS, WE WILL BE WRITING IN STREET GRAFFITI EMOJI SLANG WITHOUT SPACES OR PUNCTUATION.
SINCERELY,
SOME RANDO GUY ON THE INTERNET
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Intelligent_Machines_Research_Corporation&diff=1145149995&oldid=8167686 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Intelligent_Machi...