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quonsar — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 21:14:39 -0800

OCTOBER 22 IS INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY!!!
EVERY YEAR WE GET TOGETHER AND MAKE SALMON FOR TOAST, EVERY YEAR WE GET A CROCKETY BLOAT, EVERY YEAR WE GET DRUNK ON THE DOCKS, AND EVERY YEAR WE HAVE SEX WITH OUR CAPS LOCKS!!!!

By: PrinceValium

PrinceValium — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 21:18:10 -0800

uh, why is santa kicking the mcdonald's logo?

By: Stan Chin

Stan Chin — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 21:20:28 -0800

Lack of effort. It was not coded with Caps-Lock on, instead an UPPERCASE Style Sheet was used.

By: quonsar

quonsar — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 21:24:54 -0800

that explains why most of the text reverted to lower case when i copied it. and here i thought i'd discovered matt's secret implementation of a slashdot-style CAPSLOCK filter.

By: azazello

azazello — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 21:25:45 -0800

BLINK YOUR CAPS LOCK LIGHT IF YOU SUPPORT METAFILTER.

By: Trik

Trik — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 21:25:54 -0800

And AOL'ers everywhere rejoice

By: elwoodwiles

elwoodwiles — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 21:26:50 -0800

I'm soooo not coming here tomorrow. when is blink tag day?

By: amberglow

amberglow — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 21:28:13 -0800

LOL

By: trondant

trondant — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 21:28:37 -0800

METATALK

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 21:29:50 -0800

National Apathy Day is November 2nd.

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 21:30:10 -0800

I can't wait for IE users' Marquee Day.

By: sharpener

sharpener — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 21:30:41 -0800

"AT THE BOTTOM, WHERE IT SAY CASP LOCK" Where's that key again? And I love alsmon on toast. Even more than salmon. ;) Thanks, quonsar. I laughed. It was good.

By: TimeFactor

TimeFactor — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 21:40:47 -0800

By: mathowie

mathowie — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 21:43:14 -0800

So does anyone know why new computer users (especially older ones) love to write email in ALL CAPS? Do they think it is easier to read (it's not). Do they think it makes fonts look "bigger?" I'm sure someone has done research, but I can almost guess how long distant family members have had their AOL account by the amount of use of caps in their messages.

By: sharpener

sharpener — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 21:45:32 -0800

I FIND THAT MOST OF THE "MAIL" I GET FROM NIGERIA AND OTHER AFRICAN COUNTRIES IS QUITE OFTEN WRITTEN IN ALL CAPS (CASP). IT REALLY GRABS MY ATTENTION!!

By: Mayor Curley

Mayor Curley — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 21:49:04 -0800

It gives me some sinister "THERE IS NO DISK INSERTED IN DRIVE A:" warning. Or is that part of the joke?

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 21:52:34 -0800

"So does anyone know why new computer users (especially older ones) love to write email in ALL CAPS?" Matt, it's not just new computer users. It drives me crazy to sit down at a terminal in our NOC and find that the day crew has left the caps lock on, and they've all got at least six years' experience. I swear, if I worked at the Post Office... Well, you get the idea.

By: quonsar

quonsar — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 21:56:18 -0800

It gives me some sinister "THERE IS NO DISK INSERTED IN DRIVE A:" warning that's not sinister. sinister is "INSERT $250,000 IN DRIVE A: IF YOU EVER WANT TO SEE DRIVE C: ALIVE AGAIN."

By: Tenuki

Tenuki — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 22:04:08 -0800

"So does anyone know why new computer users (especially older ones) love to write email in ALL CAPS?" Back in my younger days (commodore 64/Q-Link era) I used to use caps lock because it was easier to read on my television, then I got a 1702 monitor and learned the error of my ways. I work at an ISP and I see a lot of people who are just too lazy to use the shift key - It's either all UPPER or all lower case.

By: eddydamascene

eddydamascene — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 22:07:07 -0800

src="file://a:\omgomgomg.jpg" alt="omg omg omg" I like this.

By: Stan Chin

Stan Chin — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 22:08:33 -0800

I work at an ISP and I see a lot of people who are just too lazy to use the shift key - It's either all UPPER or all lower case. I've seen the lower-case phenomenon beginning to occur with more frequency in Instant Messanging and E-mails. To someone who takes the time to capitalize "I", it grates me to see "i had a good day today" about as much as CAPSLOCK.

By: troybob

troybob — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 22:16:38 -0800

Stan: He thinks the site is quite the disgrace; they don't use CAPS LOCK, but just a tag for UPPERCASE. Sharpener: For CAPS LOCK day he doesn't give a damn, but he's surely impressed with ALL CAPS in his spam. Amberglow: It doesn't hurt for us all to recall: The first all UPPERCASE word on the net was LOL. Crash: BEFORE THE DAY SHIFT HITS THE TIME CLOCK THEY SHOULD REMEMBER TO TURN OFF THE CAPS LOCK. Mathowie: On newbie habits he's decided to dwell; he uses CAPS use to age accounts on AOL. Stan II (on preview): Even in the midst of this CAPSLOCK hating, he asserts lack of capitalization is as grating.

By: quonsar

quonsar — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 22:31:05 -0800

ONE MORE RHYME FROM DAMN TROYBOB AND SOMEONE GONNA SMACK HIS KNOB

By: troybob

troybob — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 22:51:30 -0800

I'm not stalled by your effort at intimidation; I'm just getting warmed up again--I've been on vacation.

By: AstroGuy

AstroGuy — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 22:52:18 -0800

wHY IS THIS LINK TRYING TO ACCESS MY FLOPPY DRIVE. i'M AFRAID.

By: quonsar

quonsar — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 23:19:21 -0800

the answer to that question has appeared no less than three times in the comments.

By: quonsar

quonsar — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 23:20:53 -0800

EVERYTHING IN LOWER CASE IS LIES, I TELL YOU!

By: snarfodox

snarfodox — Wed, 22 Oct 2003 01:40:51 -0800

Fun with browsers: mr_crash_davis' marquee appeared, but subsequently blanked out the rest of the page in my copy of Firebird: only blank space was visible where the rest of the comments should have appeared. Reload, and the marquee tag didn't close properly (the whole of the page after his comment was scrolling). Reload ... working as expected. Reload ... blank. It seems to render the blank variation the most. Interesting...

By: Irontom

Irontom — Wed, 22 Oct 2003 05:53:28 -0800

matt - I know that my dad uses CAPSLOCK because that's the way the computer systems at his employer (the railroad) require input.

By: Apoch

Apoch — Wed, 22 Oct 2003 05:59:28 -0800

I do data entry at a hospital and we have to use caps locks. It sucks. When it comes time to enter comments that print out on the reports, I alone rebel and turn off caps lock. I think it looks like shit printed out as well as on the screen.

By: rushmc

rushmc — Wed, 22 Oct 2003 06:00:59 -0800

mr_crash_davis' marquee appeared, but subsequently blanked out the rest of the page in my copy of Firebird It works fine for me, leading me to wonder about his IE reference.

By: briank

briank — Wed, 22 Oct 2003 06:25:31 -0800

I AM SO HAPPY I COULD CRY

By: tommasz

tommasz — Wed, 22 Oct 2003 06:29:24 -0800

Im waiting for Total Lack of Puncuation Day Yes thats what Im looking forward to Cause if it was Total Lack of Punctuation Day then I could write like um this* *Not to be confused with Bad Poetry Day

By: nickmark

nickmark — Wed, 22 Oct 2003 06:47:51 -0800

National Apathy Day is November 2nd. Who cares?

By: clavdivs

clavdivs — Wed, 22 Oct 2003 08:01:43 -0800

anyone slaps my cock and i will kill them... Oh NEVER MIND....

By: GrahamVM

GrahamVM — Wed, 22 Oct 2003 08:41:58 -0800

wheres e e cummings when you need him

By: angry modem

angry modem — Wed, 22 Oct 2003 08:46:43 -0800

HAPPY BIRTHDAY EYEBALLKID!

By: majcher

majcher — Wed, 22 Oct 2003 08:53:10 -0800

Now I'm all curious about what that MetaTalk was about.

By: eyeballkid

eyeballkid — Wed, 22 Oct 2003 08:55:03 -0800

Y A Y !

By: GrahamVM

GrahamVM — Wed, 22 Oct 2003 09:00:08 -0800

I hate you.

By: jennyb

jennyb — Wed, 22 Oct 2003 09:10:54 -0800

My employer recently discovered the joy of email. Prior to this discovery, he would have an underling check and then print out any important emails, and would subsequently dicate his replies. So, in many ways, I am very proud of him for learing the basics of Outlook and being willing to respond to his own emails. HOWEVER! He composes and replies to all emails in ALL CAPS. ALL THE TIME. I DO NOT KNOW WHY AND I AM UNCOMFORTABLE CORRECTING HIM FOR SOME REASON, SO I HAVE NOT, AS OF YET SAID ANYTHING. I just imagine the people who read his emails cowering before their monitors, sobbing "Please stop yelling at me! I'll do what you ask! Just stop yelling!!"

By: crunchland

crunchland — Wed, 22 Oct 2003 09:13:50 -0800

for this stunt alone, #mefi needs to burn in hell.

By: ph00dz

ph00dz — Wed, 22 Oct 2003 09:18:00 -0800

IT'S ABOUT FUCKIN' TIME, BIOTCH!

By: vito90

vito90 — Wed, 22 Oct 2003 09:24:06 -0800

I use to have a boss at a highly respected company who would send out memos in all caps. In addition he was an atrocious speller. To say he spelled at a sixth grade level would be an insult to all the sixth graders out there. Naturally, the spell check ignored misspelled words in all caps. And never mind the grammar: "ALL MANAGERS: THERE IS A LOT AT STEAK ON OUR FORTH-QUARTER NUMBERS"

By: jonmc

jonmc — Wed, 22 Oct 2003 09:33:30 -0800

Thatz knot nise vito, a lota smard peepel are louzee spelers.

By: DaRiLo

DaRiLo — Wed, 22 Oct 2003 11:35:58 -0800

LEFT PINKIE IS CALM NO MORE SHIFT WORK FREE AT LAST MINDS EAR IS DEAF THOUGH

By: MrMoonPie

MrMoonPie — Wed, 22 Oct 2003 13:11:18 -0800

When I see a webtv.com address in my inbox, I know the email will be a) in all caps, and b) from a retired WWII veteran.

By: eddydamascene

eddydamascene — Wed, 22 Oct 2003 15:41:03 -0800

HAPPY CAPSLOCK DAY!omgomgomg

By: GrahamVM

GrahamVM — Thu, 23 Oct 2003 02:37:30 -0800

I hate you even more.