Kinda makes me afraid to ask about tags I have never used, even Ben Forta
had to learn it somewhere. From reading things on this list, I know there
are ways to do things that I have never done before. While I always use my
books and colleagues first, I wonder if we are supposed to ask questions
here if we don't already have the answers.
JoAnn A. Schlosser
Senior Consultant
Association Management Software
Grant Thornton LLP
Washington, D. C.
703.837.4428
-----Original Message-----
From: Joshua Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 4:08 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Uses of CFContent??
Amen, there's nothing wrong with asking a question just for the sake of
knowing the answer.
"Perhaps, but I think I'd be hard pressed to explain the proper use of a
screwdriver to one who'd never seen or heard of a screw. Adeptness with a
tool requires facing and understanding the challenges that the tool is
designed to address."
- Not exactly the case here - since the screw and the screwdriver would have
obviously been designed at relatively the same time. Who would use a screw
when there's nothing to drive it with? And technically, the screw its self
is a tool as it is designed to solve a problem. Furthermore, I think the
"screw" here is deploying web applications and he obviously does that -
thereby knowing what the "screw" is and making this whole argument moot.
When I discovered what CFContent was, I immediately had a use for it, alas,
I'd been pounding nails with a board all too long when the hammer suddenly
appeared.
Why did Galileo want to know that the Earth revolved around the Sun? Did
that solve a particular problem for him at the time? No, I think some people
just enjoy the act of learning.
Tell you what, I have a tag called <CFSOMETHING> as soon as you need it, you
let me know and THEN you can find out what it does.
Joshua Miller
Web Development::Programming
Eagle Technologies Group, Inc.
www.eagletgi.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 2:49 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Uses of CFContent??
I'll bet he's heard of PDFs and PowerPoints, Dave. I like it because I can
put up a page without allowing someone to bookmark it.
JoAnn A. Schlosser
Senior Consultant
Association Management Software
Grant Thornton LLP
Washington, D. C.
703.837.4428
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 2:38 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Uses of CFContent??
> > > On an unrelated note, it strikes me as odd that you want
> > > to use a tag for the sake of using a tag.
> >
> > I agree with Dave. you need "the right tool for the right
> > job", not "the right job for the right tool"
>
> Sometimes it's not until we become adept at using a tool that
> we discover that we had a need for it all along. Until we fully
> understand all the uses for a tag, we might not know what can
> be accomplished, and thus not know where it might help us with
> our own projects.
Perhaps, but I think I'd be hard pressed to explain the proper use of a
screwdriver to one who'd never seen or heard of a screw. Adeptness with a
tool requires facing and understanding the challenges that the tool is
designed to address.
Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
http://www.figleaf.com/
voice: (202) 797-5496
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