Re: Resiliency To New Data Requirements

From: erk <eric.kaun_at_gmail.com>
Date: 16 Aug 2006 12:06:55 -0700
Message-ID: <1155755215.808716.305510_at_m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>


Bob, an excellent post that explains much about your approach, for those slow on the uptake (and I'm not excluding myself).

Bob Badour wrote:
> Effectiveness requires coherence. When replying to the incoherent,
> coherence requires great effort. What you posted was incoherent because
> you failed to put in the necessary effort. The incoherence makes what
> little effort you did put into it counter-productive.

I can agree, having fallen into this many times myself. I don't claim to be the most coherent on this board, but replying coherently to incoherence requires a great deal of time, editing, and commitment.

> There is a very easy way for you to achieve what you desire. If you are
> going to excerpt blatant nonsense, respond to it coherently. If you are
> unwilling to put in the effort for coherence, at least identify it for
> what it is.

O'Reilly's next book, Trolls In A Nutshell?

  • erk
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