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> OT: Why all lower case font?
Eric_Shea
post Feb 21 2009, 08:12 PM
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This one's puzzled me and I'm sure there's a simple answer:

For address and transactions etc. I find a lot of people using all lower case (which is a pain for me as I do not have front end/back end integration. E.G.:

joe smith
123 main street
anytown, us 12345

Is there a reason for this? Is it a fraud security issue?
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post Feb 22 2009, 12:43 PM
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even though the beginnings of the internet were very case sensitive (military and .edu's), AOL was the first to mass market AOL "chat".

chatters invented their own language and discovered it is sometimes very difficult to read tonal inflection while reading written word, so lower case words infer normal tone and ALL CAPS INFER YELLING.

typing in all lower case letters reflects a calmness of my tone.

IMHO, rap music dumbs down people. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon8.gif) lower case is OK by me. punctuation and spelling are my pet peeves. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)


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Eric_Shea   OT: Why all lower case font?   Feb 21 2009, 08:12 PM
RJMII   unix/linux are case sensitive, so some programmers...   Feb 21 2009, 08:14 PM
SirAndy   unix/linux are case sensitive, so some programmer...   Feb 21 2009, 08:38 PM
sww914   They couldn't finish high school English class...   Feb 21 2009, 08:15 PM
ericread   I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. S...   Feb 21 2009, 08:37 PM
davesprinkle   It's the same guys that misspell "the...   Feb 21 2009, 08:37 PM
SLITS   i'm to lazy to hit the shift key or caps lock ...   Feb 22 2009, 04:05 AM
dgw   i'm to lazy to hit the shift key or caps lock...   Feb 22 2009, 04:43 PM
PRS914-6   This one's puzzled me and I'm sure there...   Feb 22 2009, 10:07 AM
kwales   Ratshit Sid taught me all about what programmers p...   Feb 22 2009, 10:20 AM
jd74914   A lot of programs are case sensitive. I do a lot o...   Feb 22 2009, 10:39 AM
Sleepin   ThAt'S InSaNe! WhY wOuLd AnYoNe Do ThAt? :...   Feb 22 2009, 10:57 AM
bperry   ThAt'S InSaNe! WhY wOuLd AnYoNe Do ThAt? ...   Feb 23 2009, 07:31 PM
scotty b   ithinkthereareseveralreasonsforthisincludingalacko...   Feb 22 2009, 11:07 AM
dkjens   I think it also comes from entering email addresse...   Feb 22 2009, 11:20 AM
brp986s   I think it also comes from entering email address...   Feb 22 2009, 11:56 AM
Todd Enlund   What gets me is all the people who don't know...   Feb 22 2009, 12:16 PM
sww914   And while we're on the subject, these drive me...   Feb 22 2009, 11:51 AM
scotty b   And while we're on the subject, these drive m...   Feb 22 2009, 12:03 PM
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PanelBilly   I started doing it as a way to help me identify sn...   Feb 22 2009, 11:56 AM
rhodyguy   2 finger typer. add who's, whose to the list. ...   Feb 22 2009, 12:38 PM
ConeDodger   This one's puzzled me and I'm sure there...   Feb 22 2009, 12:40 PM
Dr. Roger   even though the beginnings of the internet were ve...   Feb 22 2009, 12:43 PM
Cap'n Krusty   Another irritant is the misuse of the possessive, ...   Feb 22 2009, 05:12 PM
brer   its cool on some boards to not use caps ever or ...   Feb 22 2009, 08:16 PM
Dr. Roger   its cool on some boards to not use caps ever or...   Feb 22 2009, 09:21 PM
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MDG   Superb Haiku; your morae impeccable, your wisdom i...   Feb 23 2009, 09:50 PM
murt   Hey! That's my real name. But you got th...   Feb 22 2009, 08:28 PM
Eric_Shea   The wife is Brazilian... :shades:   Feb 22 2009, 11:15 PM
RJMII   The wife is Brazilian... :shades: Really? My ...   Feb 22 2009, 11:37 PM
ConeDodger   The wife is Brazilian... :shades: Oh dear... ...   Feb 23 2009, 01:02 AM
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Eric_Shea   Sim ;) Hey! How bout those Cubs?   Feb 23 2009, 10:38 AM
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