[NTLK] WTB: broken 2000/2100

[Michael Grossman]

On Tue, 31 Aug 2010, Matthias Melcher wrote:

> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:23:12 +0200
> From: Matthias Melcher <mm at matthiasm.com>
> Reply-To: newtontalk at newtontalk.net
> To: newtontalk at newtontalk.net
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] WTB: broken 2000/2100
> 
>
> On 31.08.2010, at 15:52, Charles Mangin wrote:
>
>>>> Oh, a little touchy. I'm sorry if my common curiosity on the project
>>>> triggered your paranoia. Do what you want; I no longer care.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Dude! He grinned! Didn't you see the smiley??? He was making a joke!!!
>>> Have a cup of coffee, and you'll feel better. ;-)
>>
>> sarcasm is lost in text-only media, it seems.
>>
> Yes, sarcasm simply does not work via EMail. This is especially hard for 
> us Germans, because all our humor is based on sarcasm (that was sarcasm 
> - you'd know if you saw my bitter face :-P )
>
> - Matthias

It seems the softer sciences are still mastering the obvious:

http://lifehacker.com/152924/email-tone-isnt-understood-as-much-as-we-think