Re: CNET Editor Death Caused by a Technical Communication Mistake?

[Al Geist <al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com>]

   Kamran Rasool wrote:

     Kim didn't die because the map was wrong or misleading. He died because he
     left his car. He shouldn't have left his car. That was his biggest
     mistake.

   He died because someone cut open the gate closing the road for the winter
   according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
   ([1]http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/09/BAGTJMSJ9T1.DTL)
   . It's easy to say that he should of stayed in his car, but would you sit
   around and watch your family starve? Didn't think so.
   But, enough of this thread anyway.  As Eric said, let's all get back to
   technical writing.
   Al

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