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Subject:RE: Where does Documentation belong? From:Mailing List <mlist -at- ca -dot- rainbow -dot- com> To:'Isaac Rabinovitch' <isaacr -at- mailsnare -dot- net>, TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 16 Feb 2004 10:36:23 -0500
Isaac Rabinovitch [mailto:isaacr -at- mailsnare -dot- net] blithely admitted:
> >>Yes, that's a common perception of documentation. But some of
> >>us have this whimsical
> >>notion that we write stuff people actually read.
> > There's medication available to help with that sort of thing.
> You mean medication to control my sense of irony, or
> medication to control my need to
> think that my work is useful? Either way, I can't believe the
> FDA has approved the level of mind control!
See? It's working already.
One more dose, and you'll go from "can't believe" to "can't care".
<g>
TW tie-in? If you can't be pragmatic about the likely fate
of your documents, then medicate yourself into detachment so
that you can keep churning it out and getting a paycheck.
/kevin
--
An optimist constantly suffers nasty surprises.
A pessimist constantly experiences pleasant surprises.
Think about that.
