Carl, I really don't want to get mixed up in this eternal pissing
match between you and pretty much everyone else here, but your post
did make me think of one thing that I wanted to pass along to you as
a courtesy.

I know you may like to think you're stretching the minds of either
everyone on USENET (or of yourself... or both... it's not clear). How-
ever, as someone who minored in Journalism in college and has written
a great deal over the past couple decades, you're violating one of the
cardinal rules of writing for a large audience: Don't alienate or talk
above your audience.

Mind you, I've never been a fan of "dumbing down" content to the low-
est common denominator, but I also had a Journalism teacher back in
college who instilled something in me that I'll never forget:
"Eschew Surplusage." To make a long story short, the point of this was
to both use words that your audience will understand and to eliminate
the surplus "stuff" in your [article/story/webpage/essay/whatever].
By either using words in a way that will confuse most readers or, as
it seems with your recent use of "analog(ue)", an inappropriate use of
a term in the context of an article, you seem to not care about your
audience which directly translates into how much they care about your
post, your website, your videos, etc.

Most folks write to get a point across, to convince someone of some-
thing or to entertain. Thus, you want them to understand your message
without getting lost or confused, to appreciate your message and,
quite possible, to take some action -- like visit a website, buy a
product or take on a new viewpoint. While you're not the only one here
(or anywhere) that goes against these long-standing conventions, you
seem to have become a lightning rod as of late.

One final thought, also from the realm of journalism/communications:
the more a reader/viewer has to think about the [article/story/web-
page/essay/whatever] itself, the less they concentrate on the message
and the less they'll appreciate what you're offering to them. When is
the last time you found a misspelling or other error while reading a
newspaper article or something online? It really interrupted your
concentration and your flow while reading it, didn't it? The same is
happening when people stumble on the likes of "analogue hyperlink."
They sit there and have to wonder what that means or simply dismiss
you, your post and most anything else you do as coming from someone
who either doesn't care about what they're writing or doesn't care
about their readers/viewers. You might want to keep this in mind for
the future.

Again, I'm not trying to start anything here, but from what little of
the flamewars I've read and what I've seen posted from you, I do tend
to cringe a great deal when I see how many simple rules of good
communication I see broken in your posts. I think you'll see that by
writing in a more standard and proper format, there will be much less
fodder for those who would attack you any time you post.

Regards,
Chris

But just the same, Krl Rgrz is like the consistency of marshmallow, anyway.
He's like the Barry Mainilow of Roadgeekdom, or Chessick 2.0. No strong
points of any kind.

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