It’s common to the point of mootness, but: when describing the planet, Earth is a proper noun and should be capitalized. Otherwise you are referring to soil.

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    My rule with langauge:

    If you understand what they’re trying to say, then they did a good enough job expressing themselves.

    (Also I love how this post is getting loads of upvotes because people are just seeing Bernie’s message and liking it lol).

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      Ok but what type of LAN gauge? Are you talking like an ethernet cable tester, a protocol analyzer, what? Are we dealing with fiber, ethernet, or even shudder token ring?

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      I get the message and generally don’t care for prescriptive grammar, but for some reason this particular rule haunts me.

      Let those votes be a lesson: camouflage your actual point behind a picture everyone loves and you will … win fake internet points?