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I think that depends on whether one wants to encourage people to discuss
their mistakes freely with the community. If I received an attempt to win
argument points after a post clarifying my own error, I might think twice
before letting people know about my mistakes in the future, whether I
thought it would help educate others or not. I'm not sure how that makes
the sarcastic response a "nice one."
Mike
On 12/06/2001 5:20 AM, Jane Carnall (jane -dot- carnall -at- digitalbridges -dot- com)
wrote:
>Nice one! <g>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>"Could it be," Andrew pondered, "that I might have written this in a
>different way? A way that really made the distinction clear?" And as the
>clouds over his head parted, a shining beam of light struck Andrew's
>noggin and he suddenly realized that it's not enough to simply *know*
>everything, you have to know *how to write it*. And that perhaps - dare
>I say it? - a process, such as one that included a review by his dearest
>nitpicky geek friends, could have prevented this tragedy. I hear his
>heart grew three sizes that day. ;-)
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