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From: taylor@hplabsc.UUCP (Dave Taylor)
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Subject: Computer Networks and Literacy
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Date: Mon, 1-Dec-86 16:18:47 EST
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 and was received on  Mon Dec  1 10:16:33 1986
 

> The computer screens us, hides our physical flaws and allows us to present
> our ideas for what they are worth.  The only things we can be judged by are
> our ideas, our spelling and our grammar.

Our ideas and our *presentation*.  The latter includes not only spelling
and grammar but also composition and text format decisions.

Mark Brader

[a fine distinction, but important.  Akin to the problem that a lot of
 people have with so-called `book club' editions of books - they are on
 cheaper paper and aren't smoothly cut after being bound (leaving the
 sheets slightly different widths) - when they say they aren't as "nice"
 as "real" books.  The presentation is quite important...  -- Dave]