Are the posted questions getting worse?

  • Tendenzwende (a shift in the Zeitgeist);

    A change in the weather

    Is known to be extreme.

    But what's the use of changing

    Horses, in midstream?

    I can change, I swear....

    - Bob Dylan

    Also.... Lynn making sarcastic posts !? :w00t:

    Truly, it is a sign of the Apocalypse.

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  • Alvin Ramard (4/15/2009)


    The author may have been trying to hit a minimum word count.

    [font="Verdana"]Maybeeee... but that whole break into German and then say "it's anyone's guess" I personally would have just edited right out as it's completely valueless. If they wanted a minimum word count... take a punt! Have a guess! "My guess is that..." Instead of throwing out the question, breaking into some german on the way, and then walking away from the question entirely.

    Sometimes I think technical writers forget that they are writing to an audience.

    [/font]

  • Bruce W Cassidy (4/15/2009)


    Alvin Ramard (4/15/2009)


    The author may have been trying to hit a minimum word count.

    [font="Verdana"]Maybeeee... but that whole break into German and then say "it's anyone's guess" I personally would have just edited right out as it's completely valueless. If they wanted a minimum word count... take a punt! Have a guess! "My guess is that..." Instead of throwing out the question, breaking into some german on the way, and then walking away from the question entirely.

    Sometimes I think technical writers forget that they are writing to an audience.

    [/font]

    Yes, sometimes I think some are more concerned about following the "rules of technical writing" than they are about the subject itself.



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  • For some Technical Writers the term is an oxymoron. 😉

  • Are you talking about me Lynn? :ermm:

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  • Bob Hovious (4/15/2009)


    Are you talking about me Lynn? :ermm:

    No. Actually I think the tech writer of the article Bruce ranted about fits the description I mentioned.

  • Oh good. People keep using that word and I get paranoid.

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  • Bob, did you notice? We should hit 3500 posts soon!

  • Lynn Pettis (4/15/2009)


    Jeffrey Williams (4/15/2009)


    Okay - I am just wondering if Lynn has finally hit his limit. I'm just a bit surprised - and shocked - and the response :w00t:

    http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic697843-146-1.aspx#bm697863

    Really - let me google that for you? Are you kidding? :hehe:

    Sometimes you just have to be an old fashioned saint, get in there and bloody a few noses. 😉

    Heh... that's the difference between a "Cardinal" and a "Saint". Us "Cardinal's" like the occasional public beheading. :hehe:

    --Jeff Moden


    RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
    First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
    ________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.
    "Change is inevitable... change for the better is not".

    Helpful Links:
    How to post code problems
    How to Post Performance Problems
    Create a Tally Function (fnTally)
    Intro to Tally Tables and Functions

  • Bruce W Cassidy (4/15/2009)


    [font="Verdana"]Warning! Mini rant!

    I'm reading an article (it's work related, okay?) and I run across this paragraph:

    "The first and most obvious reason is that the DW appliance model has indisputable validity. Whether that validity stems from the efforts (or disruptiveness) of the DW appliance vendors themselves; whether it's part of a bigger back-to-users trend; whether it's indicative of what cultural historians call a Tendenzwende (a shift in the Zeitgeist); or a combination of some or all of these factors is still anyone's guess. "

    Why? Why write like that? Yes, I can understand the use of domain-specific jargon, but why break into German? Is this some sort of "oh, look at how erudite I am" thing?

    Grrrr.

    Mini rant over.

    [/font]

    It wasn't on Simple-Talk on 4/1, was it?

    --Jeff Moden


    RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
    First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
    ________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.
    "Change is inevitable... change for the better is not".

    Helpful Links:
    How to post code problems
    How to Post Performance Problems
    Create a Tally Function (fnTally)
    Intro to Tally Tables and Functions

  • I wonder when this thread will have more posts than me?

  • Bob Hovious (4/15/2009)


    Oh good. People keep using that word and I get paranoid.

    Heh... isn't that an oxymoron in itself? 😛

    I keep telling folks, you don't ever want to become a "moroff".

    --Jeff Moden


    RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
    First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
    ________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.
    "Change is inevitable... change for the better is not".

    Helpful Links:
    How to post code problems
    How to Post Performance Problems
    Create a Tally Function (fnTally)
    Intro to Tally Tables and Functions

  • GilaMonster (4/15/2009)


    Bruce W Cassidy (4/15/2009)


    [font="Verdana"]I didn't want to confuse issues by asking "aren't there some ANSI standards around character sets and collations?"[/font]

    One question that pops to mind. Did ANSI create ASCII? (off to wikipedia...)

    Or even ASCI

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  • Bruce W Cassidy (4/15/2009)


    [font="Verdana"]Warning! Mini rant!

    I'm reading an article (it's work related, okay?) and I run across this paragraph:

    "The first and most obvious reason is that the DW appliance model has indisputable validity. Whether that validity stems from the efforts (or disruptiveness) of the DW appliance vendors themselves; whether it's part of a bigger back-to-users trend; whether it's indicative of what cultural historians call a Tendenzwende (a shift in the Zeitgeist); or a combination of some or all of these factors is still anyone's guess. "

    Why? Why write like that? Yes, I can understand the use of domain-specific jargon, but why break into German? Is this some sort of "oh, look at how erudite I am" thing?

    Grrrr.

    Mini rant over.

    [/font]

    Actually sounded like some of the deconstructionist stuff I used to have to read in film school. Lots of words, doesn't say much.

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  • Jeff Moden (4/15/2009)


    It wasn't on Simple-Talk on 4/1, was it?

    [font="Verdana"]Nope. Not another wunnerful article from Mr Hugh Bin Haad. This one purports to be serious. Personally I think it was brain fluff.

    "Oh look, people are saying it's okay to build departmental data marts now, and not just enterprise data warehouses. Well, if they're saying it's okay I guess it really must be."

    There ya go, now you don't have to read it!

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