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Subject:Re: the technical writer: a real movie From:"Jan Cohen" <familyforever -at- mindspring -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 24 Jan 2003 15:16:43 -0500
"Mulder, what make you think that this is an X-file? There's recently been
a number of documented cases in which technical writers have been found
frozen in front of their keyboards, eyes glued to a blank, white screen. And
in each and every one of those cases, nothing abnormal was noted."
"That's easy, Scully. Look at his sig line."
Jan Cohen
Ex-Technical Writer
Now Sr. Knowledge Developer (whatever that is)
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Freud had a field day...
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From: "Dick Margulis " <margulis -at- mail -dot- fiam -dot- net>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 1:27 PM
Subject: Re: the technical writer: a real movie
>
> As long as we're making up fantasy plots ...
>
> Dramatic tension arises between TW and engineer as TW continues to insist,
"No, really. I'm quite sure that ought to be a minus sign," and engineer
points to difference in academic degrees and salaries as evidence that TW is
mistaken. Manned Mars mission turns left instead of right because of
incorrect sign and proceeds toward oblivion. TW is blamed for the disaster
and spends remainder of life in solitary confinement while engineer becomes
Secretary of Defense, leading to annihilation of the earth through
inadvertent nuclear war.
>
> Oh, sorry. That's too close to reality to make a good movie, isn't it?
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