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@joshualogan 5:30 flight from LGA. If I can have to find a quiet place for a 2:00 conference call before that. |
@infomongo My definition of plain language is that the meaning is clear. Obtuse sentences composed of simple words are bad. |
@xagoeson Exactly my thinking. Commonly used mumbo-jumbo often communicates nothing. Less common words can be more precise and clear. |
@bmorrissey That's more than half reassuring. |
@MarcSnyder In the words of HAL9000, "My mind is going." |
@MarcSnyder I was talking to my wife and when I tried to speak the word, my mind was a complete blank until she said it. Scary, actually. |
@MarcSnyder Confession: I *need* a large vocabulary because I sometimes can't recall simple words. I recently forgot the word "table." Srsly |
Is a rich vocabulary antithetical to plain language? I'm a proponent of both. Agree or disagree? |
@flargh I'm so sorry to hear that. You have my sincere condolences. |
Listening to Negativland's U2 (The Forbidden Single) Classic. And, coincidentally, it features a little dog named Snuckums. P.S. It's NSFW. |
@YoungFreeTexas Agreed! Mac OS X is my choice at home, but at work the decision is out of my hands. I use what corporate IT gives me. |
@ChristySeason Yes. But would anybody read it? |
@rferrier I like your idea much better than @canuckflack's. |
...and the preview pane automatically jumps to the bottom, displaying *fewer* search results. Not good. |
Annoying Windows Desktop search behavior: Results pane on left, preview on right. Drag the bottom of the window to make taller |
@Elainiac It's because you didn't say пожалуйста and спасибо. |
Another appealing product that I don't want. (I love good design, but am trying to de-clutter my life.) http://tinyurl.com/5t5nqf |
@cranecreek Red ink is bad for the psyche? That's codswallop! Folderol! Twadde! Bunkum! Hooey! Baloney! Tripe! Poppycock! Claptrap! &c |
@cara11t No bark, no drool, self-cleaning... I can see the appeal. |
@merubin Don't think blogging is the central issue. Trust in companies eroding more & more w/ corresponding erosion of trust in corp blogs. |
