On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 20:10:21 -0600 "Kestrel"
 writes:

> (and she's armed!)

the better to connect my typing fingers to my body

> that's about it. You wouldn't believe some of the stuff I've heard 
> in
> meetings. And they all like to make you think they know what they're 
> talking  about.

jargon: it makes you sound so technical!


> > Which comes as absolutely no surprise to anyone who has ever read 
> a
> > software manual or encountered an error message.  Or twelve.  
> 
> 
> Actually... while I'd agree the industry has a problem with 
> treknospeak, the
> manuals packaged with users in mind are generally quite good. I wish 

that's because they did copious studies in the 80s and realized that just
might be IMPORTANT and contracted said out to real writers. Not
universally, but the big Corps did.

> they'd
> put the same ppl to writing the manuals intended for other ppl in 
> the  field - those are rather nasty and complicated. At least the stuff


written by Engineers who live by the credo:
        Real Engineers only code executables
        Real Engineers know documentation isn't executable

It took placing the managerial gun to their head to render anything, let
alone anything usable.
More Engineers were forced into a change of code when faced with the
argument: Sure! Makes sense to you. But are we bundling YOU in every box?
                oh.

[They got their own back -- threatened to bundle me in every box as the
thesaurus. I think that came from the extant vs existence argument (e.g.
simply my point that extant is a perfectly good word, and I won't stop
using it). [Who, me, stubborn?] [[...and curbludgeonly, too!]]

> I've seen  is.

Oh, I shouldn't wonder. Especially in your line, where general users
never even SEE the picture....

> > Veloci--just as befogged as before--raptor
> 
> sometimes a good thing to be 

You're a San Franciscan at heart, Kathy Wilson.... tygress

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