Re: after upgrading winxp how should i delte again

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From: Gordon (me6_at_privacy.net)
Date: 04/17/04 

Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 20:55:32 +0100

"Ken" <ken@ken.ken> wrote in message
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>
> "Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@nospamcableone.net> wrote in message
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> > Greetings --
> >
> > First of all, please unstick your CapsLock key. Posting in all
> > caps, as you have done, is the Usenet equivalent of shouting, and is
> > considered very rude.
>
> Why is that, exactly? I have been using USENET groups for what seems
> like centuries now and it always amazes me when people swoop into a
> discussion and chastise people for posting messages in CAPS only. The
> rudeness of critising others for their minor disgressions with regards to
> posting in CAPS is greater than the percieved rudeness of posting in
> CAPS, if posting in caps can truley be considered rude.
>
> > More importantly, posting in all caps makes the
> > post very hard to read, further reducing your chances of getting help.
>
> I HATE TO DISAGREE WITH YOU (not really) BUT IF YOU HAVE
> PROBLEMS READING CAPS IS SOUNDS LIKE A PERSONAL
> PROBLEM RATHER THAN AN ACTUAL TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY.
>
>

And I hate to disagree with you BUT - posting in caps is shouting, and
against Usenet etiquette, but then I suppose that's a fact of modern life -
join a club and then buck the rules. And if you think that's OK, then you
are just a small contributor to the general slide in standards of behaviour.

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