RE: [Fwd: RE: Has the Lists 'Mission Statement' Changed???]

rofl. "Proactive" is a made up word for planning ahead (Sloan school, I believe). Such words are created to influence you to think that someone knows something you don't (okay, and sometimes they create a new useful shorthand for a topic.)

My favorite is "pessimal" which I coined as an antonym for optimal on the occasion of coming upon a custom sort routine that ran in n squared time (even on an already sorted list). Now I'm sure you can do worse, but you'd really have to try.

I hope this was short and impactful enough that Jared doesn't feel the need to make something impact on my head.

mwf

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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org]On Behalf Of Nuno Souto Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 8:37 AM
To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Subject: Re: [Fwd: RE: Has the Lists 'Mission Statement' Changed???]

Mladen Gogala apparently said,on my timestamp of 18/06/2004 9:22 PM:

> "We have committed to proactively pursue world-class solutions in
> order that we may professionally create quality deliverables"
>

:D

"proactively pursue"? Isn't that same as putting the cart in front of the horses?
Brilliant!

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Cheers
Nuno Souto
in sunny Sydney, Australia
dbvision_at_optusnet.com.au
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