Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (79041)	11/12/2003 1:24:39 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 82486

He acknowledges that the people who are writing the style manuals and guides for the new medium are in "an awful position." On the one hand, they want to make the Internet "stable," he said. "On the other hand, they haven't got a chance" when it is used by so many people simultaneously for so many purposes. Dr. Crystal predicted that many language conventions would evolve naturally. "We'll learn gradually what works and what doesn't, just as we've already learned that if we type out a whole sentence in capital letters, it upsets people," he said. He is perfectly content to wait for an editorial consensus on matters like whether to use email, e-mail or E-mail. "If you worry about things like that," he said, "you're missing the point." nytimes.com