OFFLIST Re: [lbo-talk] Divide and Conquer
ravi
gadfly at exitleft.org
Tue Sep 19 14:24:09 PDT 2006
At around 19/9/06 12:18 am, ravi wrote:
> At around 18/9/06 11:10 pm, Miles Jackson wrote:
>> Angelus Novus wrote:
>>> I do not want to exceed the posting limit, so...
>> At this point, I have to assume that this "I don't want to exceed the
>> posting limit" and then posting to the list is an intentional strategy
>> that AN uses to thumb his nose at Doug's rules. I have a hard time
>> believing that someone can repeatedly be so clueless about what the "to"
>> line says in the email he or she is composing.
>>
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl
> #
I forgot to add the fundamental rules of computing:
#1 the user is always wrong
#0 never blame the user
Corollary:
If you absolutely must have users, the best option is to code around them.
--ravi
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