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Subject:RE: Seven words for seven words From:"James Barrow" <vrfour -at- verizon -dot- net> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:41:42 -0800
Nice. Isn't that a haiku?
- Jim
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Dan Goldstein wrote:
Thanks for all the suggestions. In the end, I realized that it was a
mistake to look for seven words -- that would only parrot the glibness.
Instead, I looked for a more elegant form...
"Do not weigh the book.
Weigh the Help Desk telephone.
The book is lighter."
> Dan Goldstein wrote:
> > One of our developers sent an e-mail with the well-worn quote, "User
> > documentation is only weighed, never read." [snip]
> >
> > But what I *really* needed was a seven-word response to the glib,
> > seven-word quote...
> >
>
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