Posted by dorayme on 12/11/10 11:47

In article <YrOdna8Nn6Vx7PvZnZ2dnUVZ_vidnZ2d@comcast.com>,
Ed Mullen <ed@edmullen.net> wrote:

> Jim Moe wrote:
> > Spartanicus wrote:
> >> Opera stores it's cache and mail base in it's \Program Files\ dir for
> >> single user installs, FF's cache is located somewhere else
> >> (Windows\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles on my W98 system).
> >>
> >> Opera: 5.33mb
> >> FF: 15.7mb
> >>
> > "it's" = it is
> > "its" = neuter possessive
> > mb = millibit
> > MB = MegaByte
> >
> Yeah, yeah, but this is a conversational medium. So, stop being
> pedantic about it. I think most of us can spell and the rest of us will
> stumble through the abbreviations and acronyms and newsgroup-speak. Sheesh.

Ed, you don't get it at all. When Spartanicus (God) himself makes
these mistakes, how can ordinary mortals resist to point them
out?

(btw, what is this about this being a conversational medium that
makes it pedantic to spell the spoken words correctly? This a new
category of things on earth?)

--
dorayme

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