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Subject:Re: "slanguage" (was Re: stripey scroll bars) From:Matt Ion <soundy -at- SOUNDY -dot- ML -dot- ORG> Date:Fri, 2 Oct 1998 18:07:16 -0800
On Fri, 2 Oct 1998 09:55:43 EST5EDT, Alex Dianna wrote:
>Had Mr. Magennis called it what it was ("moire pattern"), I wouldn't
>have had a clue as to what he meant and just might have skipped
>right over it thinking it had no bearing on anything I do.
Another example of what should be the TECHWR-L Prime Directive: always write
to your audience :-)
Your friend and mine,
Matt
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