TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
RE: Stupid users (was Re: Is there a term for this?)
Subject:RE: Stupid users (was Re: Is there a term for this?) From:"McLauchlan, Kevin" <Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com> To:"McLauchlan, Kevin" <Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com>, Steven Jong <stevefjong -at- comcast -dot- net>, "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:37:09 -0500
On the other hand, I'm dumb enough to reply to a
post without stripping the redundant administrivia.
So who am I to talk?
Maybe if I'd written that at home on my MacBook Pro,
running Lion, I'd have encountered a feature to save
me from that gaffe. :-<
> -----Original Message-----
>
> And anyway, if people are dumb enough to write anti-employer,
> anti-boss, anti-cow-orker diatribes on the company computer,
> connected to the company network... (one of the examples
> intended to show how bad the Lion features are) aren't those
> people also kinda too dumb to hold a job?
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Steven Jong
> >
> > I freely admit to being a longtime Apple fanboy. That said, I find
> the
> > scenarios in which the save-everything behavior causes problems far
> > fetched, and much less likely than the scenario in which you lose
> work
> > that you didn't want to lose. Whether it happens because of a power
> > failure, a crash, a freeze, a Pepsi Syndrome, or an hour of frenzied
> > writing without remembering to save, losing work is bad, and it is
> not
> > uncommon.
> >
> > I run Lion at home (I'm using it as I wrote this), and the feature is
> > very easy to get used to. I'm not sorry it was added.
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
[ SNIPPITY! darn it!]
The information contained in this electronic mail transmission
may be privileged and confidential, and therefore, protected
from disclosure. If you have received this communication in
error, please notify us immediately by replying to this
message and deleting it from your computer without copying
or disclosing it.
