Mass-market computer software has to be able to target the type of user 
that asks if it's OK to take the chip out of the digital camera and then 
put it back in again, or whether that'll cause double-exposures. What is 
obvious to you isn't at all obvious to the people who don't know what's 
in the box.

-- 
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)

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> Mass-market computer software has to be able to target the type of user 
> that asks if it's OK to take the chip out of the digital camera and then 
> put it back in again, or whether that'll cause double-exposures. What is 
> obvious to you isn't at all obvious to the people who don't know what's in 
> the box.

Or those who ask if it is more expensive to send email abroad (said person 
was paying a flat-rate DSL internet fee per month).

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On Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:33:56 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> Mass-market computer software has to be able to target the type of user
> that asks if it's OK to take the chip out of the digital camera and then
> put it back in again, or whether that'll cause double-exposures. What is
> obvious to you isn't at all obvious to the people who don't know what's
> in the box.

There is no such thing as an item that is "foolproof" because engineers 
fail to take into account the ingenuity of complete fools. :-)

Jim

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Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>
> There is no such thing as an item that is "foolproof" because engineers
> fail to take into account the ingenuity of complete fools. :-)
>
> Jim
Which is another way of saying "It may be foolproof, but is it PhD proof?"

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On Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:42:51 -0400, JimT wrote:

> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>>
>> There is no such thing as an item that is "foolproof" because engineers
>> fail to take into account the ingenuity of complete fools. :-)
>>
>> Jim
> Which is another way of saying "It may be foolproof, but is it PhD
> proof?"

LOL, can you get a PhD in "foolery"? ;-)

Jim

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On 03-Sep-08 17:42, JimT wrote:
> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> There is no such thing as an item that is "foolproof" because engineers
>> fail to take into account the ingenuity of complete fools. :-)
>>
>> Jim
> Which is another way of saying "It may be foolproof, but is it PhD proof?"
> 
PhD's are relatively OK. The real challenge are in my experience MD's

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On Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:10:00 +0200, andrel wrote:

> On 03-Sep-08 17:42, JimT wrote:
>> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>>> There is no such thing as an item that is "foolproof" because
>>> engineers fail to take into account the ingenuity of complete fools.
>>> :-)
>>>
>>> Jim
>> Which is another way of saying "It may be foolproof, but is it PhD
>> proof?"
>> 
> PhD's are relatively OK. The real challenge are in my experience MD's

LOL, ain't that the truth....

Jim

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>> PhD's are relatively OK. The real challenge are in my experience MD's
> 
> LOL, ain't that the truth....

I can see that being true. (Although I've never actually met a PhD. 
AFAIK, they're quite rare.)

-- 
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On Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:04:37 +0100, Invisible wrote:

> I can see that being true. (Although I've never actually met a PhD.
> AFAIK, they're quite rare.)

Not terribly rare, but I've got a few friends who are...

Jim

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Invisible wrote:
>>> PhD's are relatively OK. The real challenge are in my experience MD's
>>
>> LOL, ain't that the truth....
> 
> I can see that being true. (Although I've never actually met a PhD. 
> AFAIK, they're quite rare.)
> 
You've met me. Though to be quite precise I'm D.Phil

John

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"Eppur si muove" - Galileo Galilei

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