RE: What does it mean to be technical?

[John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com>]

Sharon...

> What happens if your power supply goes the day before you 
> need to ship this
> manual? IT can't get you another computer because there are 

What happens if FedEx goes on strike, what happens if the city you are in
has a power outage, or what happens if you come down with the flu. Does
documenting a spreadsheet require that you have knowledge of how overnight
shipping works, how to run a power station, and how to synthesize a vaccine?

Aren't we getting a little carried away here?


John Posada
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-----Robert Francis Kennedy, 1968 presidential campaign

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sharon Burton-Hardin [mailto:sharon -at- anthrobytes -dot- com]
> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 12:43 PM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: RE: What does it mean to be technical?
> 
> I agree and disagree. If you want to be able to cope with all 
> the stuff that
> can happen as you document that spreadsheet application, you 
> do need to know
> your hardware and what can go wrong.
> 
> What happens if your power supply goes the day before you 
> need to ship this
> manual? IT can't get you another computer because there are 
> none. You can't

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