misquotes & sidesteps (and hiding behind podiums)

Tue Oct 14 13:47:46 PDT 2003

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"[More delays because of HTML & my schedule.]"

It appears that you are misquoting me; I did not say this.

"I believe you've basically just said 'Doctor, doctor, it _hurts_ when I 
do this.' I trust you know the punchline."

While attempting to reduce a technical problem to a metaphorical, or 
allegorical, description is sometimes useful, in this case it appears to 
be more of an attempt to sidestep responsibility, than to accurately 
depict the problem in a way so that everyone can understand it.

That is, if you're saying "Don't use the service", you have a rather 
indirect way of stating your mind ... leading me to wonder if you are 
fearful to state your thoughts directly ... or if I have misunderstood 
you ... or, perhaps, if you can only communicate through allegory, for 
fear of being understood - which, in my mind, borders on a violation of 
the social contract implicit in the use of a common syntax and lexicon.

If you're not capable of responding to a technically accurate 
description of what appears to be a technical problem with anything 
other than hyperbole, then either it's not a -technical- problem ... or 
... well, I trust you know the punchline.

(-:

-- richard

Richard Childers / Senior Engineer
Daemonized Networking Services
https://www.daemonized.com
(415) 759-5571

"Sacred cows make the tastiest burgers, if y' cook 'em just right."

Rick Moen wrote:

>Quoting richard childers / kg6hac (fscked at pacbell.net):
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>>[More delays because of HTML & my schedule.]
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>>This is of potential interest to the many consultants who read this list.
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>>Regrettably, my first submission of this information did not seem to get 
>>propagated ... even though one would hope that it would be in 
>>-everyone's- interest to see that junior members are mentored, on how to 
>>analyze business contracts.
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>I believe you've basically just said "Doctor, doctor, it _hurts_ when I
>do this."  I trust you know the punchline.
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