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Subject:RE: Do the Right Thing From:"Cardimon, Craig" <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com> To:'Kathleen MacDowell' <kathleen -dot- eamd -at- gmail -dot- com>, 'Peter Neilson' <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net> Date:Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:57:24 +0000
Whenever I used to miss something, an old co-worker of mine would say, "The astute user will notice that...."
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Subject: Re: Do the Right Thing
Should have added, I've always wanted to add side notes such as, "As the astute reader" ...
On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 1:34 PM, Peter Neilson <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net>wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:50:56 -0500, Ryan Pollack
> <ryan -at- clicksecurity -dot- com>
> wrote:
>
> Great article. Thanks for sharing. Now I am thinking about the
>> repercussions of starting each document off with:
>>
>> "Be a person who reads each step in this procedure."
>>
>> (only slightly joking ...)
>>
>
> "As the astute reader will notice ..."
>
> "DON'T BE A FAILURE --- Read these instructions carefully."
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