Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!decvax!mcnc!ecsvax!bet From: bet@ecsvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.ham-radio Subject: WHY DO ALL THOSE POSTINGS SHOW UP IN UPPER CASE??? Message-ID: <2190@ecsvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 26-Mar-84 02:58:28 EST Article-I.D.: ecsvax.2190 Posted: Mon Mar 26 02:58:28 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 27-Mar-84 01:09:01 EST Lines: 8 Is there some kind of nostalgia here, or are we talking stone-age hardware? Lower case is more readable. On any terminal that doesn't use proportional spacing (i.e. all terminals not descended from the XEROX PARC effort) lower case is much more readable, because it leaves more blank space. I am learning to avoid net.ham-radio postings whose titles are in caps. What is the reason for this barbaric practice? Bennett Todd ...{decvax,ihnp4,akgua}!mcnc!ecsvax!bet