From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,DIET_1, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10ad19,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ad19,public X-Google-Thread: 101deb,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-Thread: 107a89,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid107a89,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-Thread: 1073c2,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid1073c2,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-07 17:08:57 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news1.rdc1.bc.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Roedy Green Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.awk,comp.lang.clarion,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.pl1,comp.lang.vrml Subject: Re: Long names are doom ? Organization: Canadian Mind Products Reply-To: roedy@mindprod.com Message-ID: <9a40it0mt4pqi0pko5r8nco6gkvg50076f@4ax.com> References: <9fgagu$6ae$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9fjgha$blf$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <35mqhtkdfma2rggv1htcaq6vfn2ihs67a1@4ax.com> <9fli1b$4aa$1@nh.pace.co.uk> Organization: LJK Software <9folnd$1t8$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B1FE1FE.B49AE27F@noaa.gov> <9fotpi$4k6$1@nh.pace.co.uk> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 00:08:56 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.76.128.193 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.rdc1.bc.home.com 991958936 24.76.128.193 (Thu, 07 Jun 2001 17:08:56 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 17:08:56 PDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8373 comp.lang.awk:2871 comp.lang.clarion:21385 comp.lang.java.programmer:74564 comp.lang.pl1:879 comp.lang.vrml:3618 Date: 2001-06-08T00:08:56+00:00 List-Id: On Thu, 7 Jun 2001 18:04:32 -0400, "Marin David Condic" wrote or quoted : > You *expect* coffee to be hot - that's >the point. If it was cold, you would complain. Well put. Further coffee is advertised to be "piping hot" and software is advertised to be "a snap to use". There whole classes of misleading advertising that we consider acceptable. We don't demand they substantiate their claims. Lying is so out of hand we just throw up our hands and blame the consumer if he is stupid enough to take the claims at face value. Here is my top ten list: 1. gross exaggeration, so the claim could not possibly be considered true. I'm ok with this, e.g. if you buy x brand dish soap your family will fight over who gets the privilege of doing the dishes. 2. psychics 3. religions and faith healers. 4. fast food that looks so different in reality from that displayed in the commercial or posters in the restaurant. 5. Pills that cause you to lose weight. 6. That buying a product will noticeably enhance your sex appeal or enhance your mood. E.g. buying a Swiffer will cause you to start incontrollably dancing with joy, even when confronted by a boot camp sargent. see (1). 7. aphrodisiacs. 8. how 900 personnel really look and dress. 9. age defying creams and devices. If there is such a thing, only Barbra Streisand has enough money to afford it. 10. That software will actually help you get your work done. Engineering and aviation were hit and miss affairs to start, but they gradually got their act together, and for the most part, buildings, bridges and planes don't fall down. We programmers are still in the biplane era, unwilling to give up the romance of seat of the pants flying. Some day we will have rude awakening that our customers don't quite see it that way. It may come with the advent of software rental. See http://mindprod.com/projects.html#SOFTWARERENTAL It may come with the first successful software malpractice suit. For more detail, please look up the key words mentioned in this post in the Java Glossary at: http://mindprod.com/gloss.html If you don't see what you were looking for, complain! or send your contribution for the glossary. -- Roedy Green, Canadian Mind Products Custom computer programming since 1963. Ready to take on new work.