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OT: Was- Term usage...Now-Huh? It is Friday, ya'know
Subject:OT: Was- Term usage...Now-Huh? It is Friday, ya'know From:John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 1 Dec 2000 13:24:09 -0800 (PST)
> > I've heard the term "en clair" used in this context before in
> > conversation, but I've never run across it in a documentation
> > context before.
Then, on the other hand, you could find THIS in a document that was
worked on by a previous writer who isn't here anymore. (I think it
was Friday when he wrote this). From what I understand, the writer
was frustrated by a particularly unresponsive developer here before
the writer left (voluntarily):
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"You can schedule a call in a plethora of ways; each way you schedule
a call will give you different results. You should also consider the
phase of the moon and the alignment of the planets when you schedule
a call, as these can also affect the outcome of the call you
schedule."
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