Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/04/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This. > On Apr 13, 2014, at 23:00, Chris Crawford <chris at > chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: > > You still need people who can write. It used to be that businesses in the > United States hired people with English degrees to write instruction > manuals, ad copy, etc. Now, universities have introduced bullshit > corporate vocational degrees with names like "Professional Communications" > and businesses hire the graduates of such programs instead of liberal arts > grads. What's the difference? Liberal arts people think too much; > "Communications" graduates do what they're told, regardless of how > dishonest, immoral, or illegal the job they're handed. > > -- > Chris Crawford > Fine Art Photography > Fort Wayne, Indiana > 260-437-8990 > > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > Become a fan on Facebook > > > >> On 4/13/14 10:35 PM, "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Jim, But Liberal Arts majors are incapable of designing TVs or >> manufacturing them in the first place! (-: So what is your point? >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> >>> On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 7:58 AM, Jim Gmail <jplaurel at gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> That's what happens when the liberal arts are discarded in favor of more >>> "practical" majors. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Apr 13, 2014, at 20:19, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote: >>>> >>>> Nathan, >>>> >>>> You may just have been a victim of the fact that most engineers cannot >>> write, whether it's in English or Japanese. >>>> >>>> Here's how I achieved fame in my department at Apple. A couple of guys >>> "invented" a piece of software that gets independently invented at just >>> about every company that writes software. The system controlled editing >>> so >>> that two or more people couldn't simultaneously make changes and step >>> on >>> each other's work. So, if one person "checks the software out" for >>> editing, >>> all others can get it on a read-only basis until the first person >>> checks it >>> back in. >>>> >>>> I had to use this simple thing, and the write-up by it's authors was >>> so >>> damn unintelligible that I had to figure out how to work it by trial and >>> error. After then using it, I just decided, on my own to write a >>> manual. My >>> boss was so impressed that I got an imaginative reward: three bottles of >>> wine a month for a year. >>>> >>>> Subsequently, I was picked to edit our release notes, which ultimately >>> grew to about 350 pages. I had a great experience editing the writings >>> of >>> people, with a few exceptions, couldn't write. >>>> >>>> Herbert Kanner >>>> kanner at acm.org >>>> 650-326-8204 >>>> >>>> Question authority and the authorities will question you. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Apr 13, 2014, at 1:44 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> >>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I have never owned a Sony camera, and now I know for sure that I >>> never >>> will. >>>>> >>>>> We just bought a 65-inch Sony Bravia TV, one of the latest models, >>> not >>> cheap to put it mildly. Great picture, but we have struggling for 2 days >>> with the simple task (or should be simple) to connect a garden variety >>> laptop to the TV using its wifi interface so that the TV in effect acts >>> as >>> a computer monitor, but without the clutter of HDMI cables and all that. >>> The menus and instructions for Sony products were apparently originally >>> written in Klingon, then translated into Japanese and then to English. >>> And >>> it appears that unless your computer is a Sony Vaio, you have to perform >>> various unnatural acts. Everything Sony seems to be proprietary. >>>>> >>>>> I think the TV is going back to the store (fortunately, we bought >>> locally), to be replace by a Samsung or LG. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Nathan >>>>> >>>>> Nathan Wajsman >>>>> Alicante, Spain >>>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu >>>>> http://www.greatpix.eu >>>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >>>>> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ >>>>> >>>>> YNWA >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information