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[Scott DuBois]

On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 02:37:07PM -0800, Rick Moen wrote:
> And one more thought I hadn't quite fleshed out:
> 
> > For the record, I certainly didn't wish Ruben to unsubscribe. 
> > I was just attempting to convince him to stop doing things that are 
> > known to be stupid and justifying them with transparently bad reasons.
> 
> Eric S. Raymond made a comment in one of his bits of advice to suits.
> Paraphrased, it was:  'It's a tactically bad idea to tell clumsy lies to
> technogeeks, because they tend to take it personally.'
> 
> Eric's assessment is spot-on. 

Agreed. 

Although, _obviously_ I can't speak for everyone but I find poorly-formed or
clumsy lies to be simply offensive. Although, there is also a certain amount of
humor in them as it paints an intriguing picture of the idiot who would say such
a thing _actually_ thinking I might potentially believe it.

Mentally I note the individual as "asshole" even though I may filter the verbal
notation. =)

-- 
Scott DuBois           "If you can't explain it simply, you
BSIT/SE	                don't understand it well enough."
EFF ID: 1731778                                 -- Einstein



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