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Re: Lego at Gerf.Org
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lugnet.publish
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Mon, 27 Sep 1999 22:54:04 GMT
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mattdm@STOPSPAMMERSmattdm.org
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James Brown <galliard@shades-of-night.com> wrote:
> That possibility, or that I >think< that? ;-)
The possibility of course!
> read it as a sentence instead of as placeholders for a string of numbers.
> <shrug> That's the language I grew up with. 'lego.castles.org' translates
> in my brain as 'an organization about Lego castles' and depending on the
> site content, could quite easily look TLG sponsored.
Well, the site content is an entirely different issue. I'm entirely
understanding of the need for obvious "This is not an official Lego site"
disclaimers.
But anyway, it's not a matter of translating to numbers, it's a matter of
hierarchy. lego is under castles, which is under org. So it's an
organization, about castles, which has a lego subsection. It might have been
better to pick a left-to-right order (a la usenet), but oh well. Think of it
not as a sentence but as a name: "firstname.lastname".
> general) appears on the net. But a layman who isn't familiar with these
> things will make mistakes that the rest of us consider so glaring as to be
> horribly offensive. Happens all the time on the internet. Many people call
> them "newbies" ;)
It's my view that those people should be educated. It's not the fault of
internet naming conventions if newbies don't understand them. I stand by
what I said earlier: someone who has a basic understanding of the system
won't be confused, trademarkwise.
If newbies are causing a problem, the burden shouldn't be on the rest of us.
Whew. I've sure spent a large portion of my day arguing about this. :)
--
Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us ---> http://quotes-r-us.org/
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| (...) That possibility, or that I >think< that? ;-) (...) When I read a URL that conists primarily of words, I instinctively try to read it as a sentence instead of as placeholders for a string of numbers. <shrug> That's the language I grew up with. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish)
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