baltimore (and everywhere else)

[Jack]

Got taught that paragraphing is as important as punctuation. Most of the time sentences are readable and understandable without punctuation. But, sometimes the meaning becomes obscure without.

Itisjustasimportantasthespacesbetweenthewordsinasentence.

THEANCIENTGREEKDIDNOTUSETHATTHEYWROTEINCAPITALSALLTHETIMETOO.MAKESONELONGBACKFORTHEGOODOLDDAYSISNTIT?

Jack actually likes that; throw in some numeric characters and it would look just like work. Still, might as well ask those with poor punctuation and capitalization practices to change, ask those who abuse the ellipsis to change, ask those who write in prose format to change, or if all else fails then don't read it.

['andersom']

Got taught that paragraphing is as important as punctuation. Most of the time sentences are readable and understandable without punctuation. But, sometimes the meaning becomes obscure without.

Itisjustasimportantasthespacesbetweenthewordsinasentence.

THEANCIENTGREEKDIDNOTUSETHATTHEYWROTEINCAPITALSALLTHETIMETOO.MAKESONELONGBACKFORTHEGOODOLDDAYSISNTIT?

Jack actually likes that; throw in some numeric characters and it would look just like work. Still, might as well ask those with poor punctuation and capitalization practices to change, ask those who abuse the ellipsis to change, ask those who write in prose format to change, or if all else fails then don't read it.

Now the not liking paragraphs by Jack is making sense to me.
Maybe you'd love learning classic Greek, written down old style. That might even bring Lit back.

[Jack]

:laugh"

[Jack]

Now the not liking paragraphs by Jack is making sense to me.

Jack thinks in giant walls with streaming columns of characters, yes. It's not only Jack. It's me; rambling walls of narcissistic text. Though as said before, probably wont be a frequent problem coming from Jack. Thinking it was a mistake.

['andersom']

Now the not liking paragraphs by Jack is making sense to me.

Jack thinks in giant walls with streaming columns of characters, yes. It's not only Jack. It's me; rambling walls of narcissistic text. Though as said before, probably wont be a frequent problem coming from Jack. Thinking it was a mistake.

It's Jack, it's you. We all shine through in the way we write, not only in what we write. Shape and content belong together. If you change the shape, the contents changes too, and vice versa.

[odeon]

Still
having
problems
reading
long
paragraphs.
I
appreciate
that
it
is
a
question
of
style
but
I
can't
help
it
.

['andersom']

For Jack:

[Jack]

Don't get me wrong; programming language is completely Greek to me. It's less of a solid wall and more of a streaming matrix. Maybe next time being prompted to be overly wordy, will instead post in a monospace font. It's interesting what streaming patters the brain unintentionally can make; though it certainly will be even more difficult to read but probably still more appropriate of me. For Hyke:

[Jack]

Still
having
problems
reading
long
paragraphs.
I
appreciate
that
it
is
a
question
of
style
but
I
can't
help
it
.

Then simply take comfort in it wont likely happen again.

[Pyraxis]

What about
Cal's poetic style
which is designed
to emphasize
the most narcissistic
turns of phrase?

[Jack]

He is an evil poet
and that makes him
very special.

['andersom']

Don't get me wrong; programming language is completely Greek to me. It's less of a solid wall and more of a streaming matrix. Maybe next time being prompted to be overly wordy, will instead post in a monospace font. It's interesting what streaming patters the brain unintentionally can make; though it certainly will be even more difficult to read but probably still more appropriate of me. For Hyke:

Reminds me of a database typing job I had during a holiday. Had to bring all activities of nurses done for patients in tables, together with time and code and place and such.

Nasty thing was, once you hit a typo, and had used enter, there was no way of going back to undo the fault.
So, asked for help, because somehow I did make typos, apparently I was human.
Had made a list of all my mistakes in the database. A specialist came from an other city to undo my mistakes. He fixed it, and then told me to never call again. Because the only thing that would happen with this database was print it and save it in a cellar.

 

Took the nurses lots of their time with patients to write every action down, with time and such. And all was just for filling the basement.

Since then I am less fond of tables. 

[WolFish]

Paragraphs are generally five character indents, not double spacing of lines breaking text into small chunks with gaps between. Not certain how people manage reading much of anything.

When swimming under water (no diving gear), resurfacing every now and then to take a deep breath is comfortable. Makes reaching the other side of the lake a lot easier.

Agreed. I have watched the grammar changes with a bit of dismay; however this change, when it reached classroom etiquette was welcome. I suspect that mine is some combination of dyslexia and ADHD. When I was in grad school I had to use a ruler or cardboard to mask parts of what I was reading so I could maintain my course.

It was a good thing once. My mother wanted me to go to catholic high school, and I took the test but missed two pages of questions. My mother was furious that I had gotten a low grade. To appease her I took another test and got into a high school for the gifted. The rest of the time it was a bit of a nightmare because no one ever believed that I could be learning disabled. They'd rather believe that it was genetic and related to skin color.

I can read small books with no trouble now, but textbooks are harder. Some formats of ebooks are great because I can adjust how much text is displayed, and because many of them break up the text with lines between. When I am in a mood I change how I capitalize, and I am not sure what is a prose style. I'm sure that I do some forms of punctuation incorrectly; I'm picking up bad habits from my students.

OK, i've been up much too long....

[Jack]

Reminds me of a database typing job I had during a holiday. Had to bring all activities of nurses done for patients in tables, together with time and code and place and such.

Nasty thing was, once you hit a typo, and had used enter, there was no way of going back to undo the fault.
So, asked for help, because somehow I did make typos, apparently I was human.
Had made a list of all my mistakes in the database. A specialist came from an other city to undo my mistakes. He fixed it, and then told me to never call again. Because the only thing that would happen with this database was print it and save it in a cellar.

 

Took the nurses lots of their time with patients to write every action down, with time and such. And all was just for filling the basement.

Since then I am less fond of tables. 

Yes, all relational databases probably spit out their information looking similar. Relational table structure is a lot like sentence diagraming, just understanding the architecture of the information and piecing it together.

[Jack]

I suspect that mine is some combination of dyslexia and ADHD.

Tend to find it enables me to be a lazy reader and less likely to read an entire large post, only reading the small chunks that catch my eye. Interesting that you used to write the same way.