Comment Re:Developer Focus!!! (Score 1) 94
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Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of a sick mind (Terry Pratchet)
Just so you know, a poor sig quote is the sign of a complete rube!!! Okay, let's use some standardization and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of your sig. Like Kylix, or even VB, most programming languages have certain standards: standard APIs, standard libraries, and each language has it's own syntax. Believe it or not, sigs have standards, too, particularly when quoting a passage or something somebody said.
The most common standard in a sig is to differentiate it from the post, either by italicizing it or by separating it with a
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cute little set of dashes. You've chosen the former but the surest way to segregate your sig from the rest of your comment is to do both. Like so:
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Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of a sick mind (Terry Pratchet)
Another common tactic is to use the <TT> tag, but I personally prefer italics. Okay that's the first bit, but that's left up to personal taste. I've singled you out because your sig is tacky.
Alright, first since it's a quotation, try using quotation marks. We have puncuation for a reason. Second, when attributing a quotation to it's source, you should probably use a dash, which, in standard ASCII text is usually represented by two minus/dash signs. So, your sig should probably look more like this:
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"Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of a sick mind." -- Terry Pratchet
Oh, you'll also note that I added a final puncation mark, a full-stop, a period to the end of that quote. This is my biggest gripe because it isn't just about breaking standards, you've actually broken a law. Proper grammar, spelling and puncuation are important in your sig because it's not permanent. You can change it at any time in your preferences page and it fixes it everywhere. Oh, and before you say, "Well, Pratchet said more after that and I didn't want to include it all so it's not the end of a sentence; I just didn't put it all there," please remember your friend the ellipsis... Demonstrated again, the ellipsis... Used ... you guessed it, for pauses or, when quoting something or someone, to indicate part of the passage was omitted.
Okay, to summarize: formatting is your choice, but bear in mind that your sig should stand out from your comment. Properly quoting a person is a method of standards. Why write your own component library when you could just use QT and get controls everybody already understands? (Or, like me, use Kylix when it's released.) Finally, terminate your sentences. Bad grammar, spelling and puncuation in a sig are really only ever appropriate if it's meaningful in context, i.e. it's ironic. Otherwise, make sure you use it. If multiple exclamation points are a sure sign of a sick mind, then unterminated sentences are a sure sign of an unused mind
That said, it's time you got yourself a new sig. Thank you!!!
Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of a sick mind (Terry Pratchet)
Just so you know, a poor sig quote is the sign of a complete rube!!! Okay, let's use some standardization and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of your sig. Like Kylix, or even VB, most programming languages have certain standards: standard APIs, standard libraries, and each language has it's own syntax. Believe it or not, sigs have standards, too, particularly when quoting a passage or something somebody said.
The most common standard in a sig is to differentiate it from the post, either by italicizing it or by separating it with a
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cute little set of dashes. You've chosen the former but the surest way to segregate your sig from the rest of your comment is to do both. Like so:
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Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of a sick mind (Terry Pratchet)
Another common tactic is to use the <TT> tag, but I personally prefer italics. Okay that's the first bit, but that's left up to personal taste. I've singled you out because your sig is tacky.
Alright, first since it's a quotation, try using quotation marks. We have puncuation for a reason. Second, when attributing a quotation to it's source, you should probably use a dash, which, in standard ASCII text is usually represented by two minus/dash signs. So, your sig should probably look more like this:
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"Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of a sick mind." -- Terry Pratchet
Oh, you'll also note that I added a final puncation mark, a full-stop, a period to the end of that quote. This is my biggest gripe because it isn't just about breaking standards, you've actually broken a law. Proper grammar, spelling and puncuation are important in your sig because it's not permanent. You can change it at any time in your preferences page and it fixes it everywhere. Oh, and before you say, "Well, Pratchet said more after that and I didn't want to include it all so it's not the end of a sentence; I just didn't put it all there," please remember your friend the ellipsis... Demonstrated again, the ellipsis... Used
Okay, to summarize: formatting is your choice, but bear in mind that your sig should stand out from your comment. Properly quoting a person is a method of standards. Why write your own component library when you could just use QT and get controls everybody already understands? (Or, like me, use Kylix when it's released.) Finally, terminate your sentences. Bad grammar, spelling and puncuation in a sig are really only ever appropriate if it's meaningful in context, i.e. it's ironic. Otherwise, make sure you use it. If multiple exclamation points are a sure sign of a sick mind, then unterminated sentences are a sure sign of an unused mind
That said, it's time you got yourself a new sig. Thank you!!!
