On 3/17/07, Ed Leafe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mar 17, 2007, at 4:53 PM, Jean Laeremans wrote: > > >> Moral: don't try to use humor or subtlety. Some people > >> just can't > >> fathom it. > >> > > No need to cater for the lowest denominator, is there ? > > Well, given that they obviously can't grasp the difference between a > hypothetical reference to a product that might possibly exist 25 > years into the future, and a product that exists today, it seems that > we should at least try to be accommodating to those who are of > limited perceptive faculties. > > Gil made a jocular reference to "whatever SuperBloat DotNotYet code M > $ is stuffing down the throats of developers" in 2032, and the > Microsoft jackboots assume that he is talking about today. If we're > going to have a list that does not exclude anyone, we must > accommodate those who either can't read very well, or can't grasp > subtle humor. > > -- Ed Leafe > -- http://leafe.com > -- http://dabodev.com
Time to introduce some smileys ? A+ jml _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
