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Subject:Re: that Strong word From:"Susan W. Gallagher" <sgallagher -at- EXPERSOFT -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 11 Aug 1999 12:39:14 -0700
And then there's the ever-popular:
"If you knew how much I detested creating indexes, you'd never
expect this book to have one at all; so here's my meger word
list and if you can't find what you're looking for, RT*whole*FM!"
At least it's the one *I* always want to use! ;-)
-Sue Gallagher
sgallagher -at- expersoft -dot- com
At 10:27 AM 8/11/99 -0400, Archie Ziviello wrote:
>How do you slip such abusive headings into a reference guide?
>
>"DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT TOOK ME TO TEST/CONFIRM AND REFERENCE OUT THIS
LITTLE BIT OF INFO LOSER? MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T COMPLAIN ABOUT THE MANUAL
ANYMORE"
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Aoidìn Scully [mailto:ascully -at- FLEXICOM -dot- COM]
>Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 10:20 AM
>To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>Subject: Re: that Strong word
>
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>I'm doing troubleshooting-y instructions at the moment for a piece of
>software that is so simple to use, I feel like using a similar
>construction; "Just read what's on the screen and do what it says, you
>f***ing idiots!! Who gave you a job anyway?"
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jim Cort [mailto:jcort -at- TOTALTEL -dot- COM]
>Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 2:47 PM
>To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>Subject: Re: that Strong word
>
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>I gotta tell you,, "F---ing with the server." Sounds pretty good to me.
>Sounds like that's what the guy's going to be doing.
>
>Years ago when I was a programmer I had a brainstorm concerning error
>messages. I decided if the user put in the wrong code, an error message
>should come up reading "Incorrect Code". If the user made the same
>mistake
>again, a different message would come up: "Incorrect code. Can't you
>f---ing read?"
>
>For some reason my boss wouldn't go for it.
>
>Jim Cort
>Technical Writer
>TotalTel
>Jcort -at- total -dot- com <mailto:Jcort -at- total -dot- com>
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