Asking Smart Questions - NO SOUP FOR YOU!

[Bill Campbell]

On Tue, Jun 14, 2005, Fairlight wrote:
>Y'all catch dis heeyah?  R. Murphey been jivin' 'bout like:
>> 
>> Actually, I don't think Ken was mistaken, I think he was quoting the 
>> article in question...
>> 
>> "Writing like a l33t script kiddie hax0r is the absolute kiss of death 
>> and guarantees you will receive nothing but stony silence (or, at best, 
>> a heaping helping of scorn and sarcasm) in return."
>
>Ah.  Didn't realise he was quoting.  I just saw it and knew that the 'a'
>should really be represented by a 4.  It's part of that whole mixed case
>and number thing.  I've never figured out the alternating case rules as
>they seem obvious, but the rest of them are pretty obvious.
>
>Spending a lot of time in gaming circles where 14-yr-old punks seem to be
>the dominant force nowadays is an education in and of itself, sometimes.
>Between IRC and gaming, I know more w4r3z and cell texting syntax and form
>than I care to.  It's a sad statement that schoolkids are now submitting
>term papers in these formats.  Read an article on this about 8-12 months
>back.  That's just sad.

Sadder is the fact that recently over 50% of applicants for first-year
teaching positions in Massachussets couldn't pass basic reading and math
tests.

Bill
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