Re: OT: Leet-speak WAS:[Help with Linux selection please?]

[Hal Vaughan <hal@thresholddigital.com>]

On Tuesday 20 December 2005 08:25 pm, Steve Lamb wrote:
> Kent West wrote:
> > Aaron's right; list communications should be conducted in understandable
> > language; but on the other hand, I think that whereas it's okay to scold
> > the offender slightly, we should not knee-jerk react by marking his
> > input as unworthy of attention.
>
>     I disagree.  Simply put if someone cannot bother to put some effort
> into making their writing moderately comprehensible why should I be
> expected to put any effort into decyphering it?

Hey!  After all, it's not like he top-posted it.

Hal