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So, which two words in your message should we pay attention to? Along the same lines, doesn't Sturgeon's law compel us to conclude that 90% of Sturgeon's Law "is crap"?
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From: techwr-l-bounces+lporrello=illumina -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+lporrello=illumina -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of Keith Hood
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2012 8:49 PM
To: Kathleen MacDowell; Monique Semp
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Subject: Re: OT: Sturgeon's Law and other eponymous laws
Sturgeon's Law applies to EVERYTHING - competence in any field, wage scales, auto design, music...you name it, the good doctor's dictum applies.
From: Kathleen MacDowell <kathleen -dot- eamd -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: Monique Semp <monique -dot- semp -at- earthlink -dot- net>
Cc: TechWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 5, 2012 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: OT: Sturgeon's Law and other eponymous laws
That link was really interesting, Monique, thanks.
I don't think I'd go along with the quote about Sturgeon's Law re tech com, tho, unless the product is faulty. However, I missed the original post.
Kathleen
On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 12:04 PM, Monique Semp <monique -dot- semp -at- earthlink -dot- net> wrote:
>> Sturgeon's Law applies to technical communications. :-)
>
>
> If you need to look this up (as I did), you can find it directly in
> Wikipedia or along with a ton of other eponymous laws:
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_eponymous_laws.
>
> Happy diversion from work!
> -Monique
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