Re: [tlug] Poll: OpenOffice or LibreOffice?

[Benjamin Tayehanpour <benjamin@example.com>]

On Mon, 19 May 2014 23:43:45 +0200
Bruno Raoult <braoult@example.com> wrote:

> If some peapool write som mistaques, hiuou wille anderstand, iffe
> youre lang is fe same. I mean: If your formula cannot be
> understood, this is not a font or presentation issue. If the reader
> cannot read it, the issue is on the sender side.
> Writing/scanning and sending a poor jpeg could be the best option.

Your comparison of human languages to maths is flawed. A written human language (especially phonetic or quasiphonetic ones) are highly redundant; an error in spelling does not necessarily render the word illegible. Even if it were, it wouldn't necessarily render the sentence unintelligible, as one often can derive the sentiment from context. Contrast this to maths, where a line out of place could turn addition to subtraction, and an errant nought could make a magnitude of difference. Literally.

> Human would read everything, even with bad hand writing. When people
> read something, this is not just processing (happily).

Exactly. If people were, they would take an error for an error and halt execution. Instead, they might guess or have opinions, and suddenly you have engineers calculating structural loads from false data.

> We are lucky that writers and scientists did not wait for some
> specific beautiful fonts for their books/thesis/theories. My 5
> favorites
> books in my library are in pocket format, poorly printed.

I fail to see how this is relevant. No one has stated that the quality of the sentiment degrades with the quality of the typesetting. However, if you have an ounce of pride in your work you will present it with the dignity it deserves.

> If some people think that their new theory will be understood because
> of the presentation, this is wrong.

Not if the theory itself is made out of cobwebs and dreams, no. But it will be telling whether you yourself consider your theory a valuable addition to the world by the way you are handling it.

All in all, you're making it increasingly difficult to take you seriously.

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