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Subject:Tears Sheets From:Stuart Burnfield <slb -at- FS -dot- COM -dot- AU> Date:Tue, 28 Jan 1997 13:24:55 +0800
> 2. Also what is a 'tear sheet'? Is it the same as a writing sample?
Don't know, but I have plenty of 'tears sheets'. These are tear-stained
pages from various of my manuals:
- drafts returned by reviewers with no comment except "Looks OK"
- notes from tech support saying "hey, this bit has been wrong for the
last two releases, We've been wondering when you're going to fix it."
- my indecipherable instructions on how to perform incomprehensible
procedures that will be rendered simple and intuitive "in the next
release"
Regards
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Stuart Burnfield (slb -at- fs -dot- com -dot- au) Voice: +61 9 328 8288
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Functional Software Pty Ltd Fax: +61 9 328 8616
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