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Subject:Re: There must be some kind of standard.... From:Richard Mateosian <xrmxrm -at- gmail -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:44:25 -0800
Back when OLE was an important software concept (I'm dating myself), I
used to refer to this as OLE style.
People would say "Huh?"
I'd answer Old Ladies and Engineers.
As Jay Leno always says, it's only a joke. I have nothing against old
ladies or engineers. Don't send hate mail. :-) ...RM
> . . . indulging in what Lyn Dupre calls "Pooh-bear
> capitalization", "in which Everything takes on Great Importance".
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Richard Mateosian <xrm -at- pacbell -dot- net>
Berkeley, California
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