I spend a lot of time making sure these "kindred souls" don't work at my company. They can all go to government or wherever these people go. McDonald's?
Not necessarily an idiot, but ignorantly uneducated and aliterate. Ignorance != stupidity.
a distinction without a difference. Or perhaps if not an idiot, then sloppy and careless, which makes you look like an idiot. Either way,, bad grammar makes you look like an idiot.
The only people who don't know proper grammar are children and the uneducated. what you're saying is either
1) if you're uneducated, you can miscommunicate without shame to other uneducated people.
2) if you know proper grammar, you don't need to bother with the rules when communicating with the uneducated because your disdain for them is so great and you're so much better than them.
And what subcultures do you mean? Ebonics, the soft racism of low expectations?
Bad grammar makes you look like an idiot. I suppose that the impact of this depends on the recipient, but as a general rule, I don't want my coworkers or clients thinking I'm an idiot. As an even more general rule, I don't want anybody thinking I'm an idiot.
And to be fair, how many non-technical people/really/ know about the S/W updates?
a better question - how many people care? if the phone makes calls, sends text messages, and plays angry birds, i don't think many people care if they're running gingerbread or jelly bean or krispy kreme.
i think the core problem for google here is this: very few people who get an android phone actually want or need a smartphone. They're just choosing from what's available at the carrier, and they use it as an enhanced dumb phone. so even though there are plenty of android activations, there are few "smartphone" customers that the developers need for their vibrant ecosystem. that's why you can make 3x more money in iOS for much cheaper development costs.
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I spend a lot of time making sure these "kindred souls" don't work at my company. They can all go to government or wherever these people go. McDonald's?
Not necessarily an idiot, but ignorantly uneducated and aliterate. Ignorance != stupidity.
a distinction without a difference. Or perhaps if not an idiot, then sloppy and careless, which makes you look like an idiot. Either way,, bad grammar makes you look like an idiot.
The only people who don't know proper grammar are children and the uneducated. what you're saying is either 1) if you're uneducated, you can miscommunicate without shame to other uneducated people. 2) if you know proper grammar, you don't need to bother with the rules when communicating with the uneducated because your disdain for them is so great and you're so much better than them. And what subcultures do you mean? Ebonics, the soft racism of low expectations?
So you... Agree? What you're saying is "there are many ways to look like an idiot; one of them is to use poor grammar." I agree with your argument!
I'm part of the moderation team of an online forum for a (now dwindling) community.
Timothy, is that you?
Bad grammar makes you look like an idiot. I suppose that the impact of this depends on the recipient, but as a general rule, I don't want my coworkers or clients thinking I'm an idiot. As an even more general rule, I don't want anybody thinking I'm an idiot.
three letters, baby - ie6! I haven't bought new underwear in 8 years, i fail to see why i should download a new browser.
yo dog, i heard you like amazon, so i put amazon on your phone so you can shop while you talk.
man it's late... i mixed up the headline of this article with the article about finding the genes for big boobies... if you haven't seen it: http://www.geekologie.com/2012/07/breaking-genes-responsible-for-breast-si.php
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that's what my wife calls me!
last time a nexus will be available ANYWHERE now that apple has schooled samsung.
And to be fair, how many non-technical people /really/ know about the S/W updates?
a better question - how many people care? if the phone makes calls, sends text messages, and plays angry birds, i don't think many people care if they're running gingerbread or jelly bean or krispy kreme.
i think the core problem for google here is this: very few people who get an android phone actually want or need a smartphone. They're just choosing from what's available at the carrier, and they use it as an enhanced dumb phone. so even though there are plenty of android activations, there are few "smartphone" customers that the developers need for their vibrant ecosystem. that's why you can make 3x more money in iOS for much cheaper development costs.