SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) (06/25/88)
>>Computers are poor dumb animals, arguing about some of the things >>they do is like trying to reason with a puppy dog (you can train 'em >>but you can't convince 'em). > >Poppycock! There is no excuse for mailers that mung the contents of >messages they deliver. The fault is not with "computers", but with >incompetent software designers and programmers, of the mail systems, >operating systems, network systems, or any combination of these. Murphy's Law of Computer Software: "There is ALWAYS one more bug." If you won't use anything that's not perfect, you may find yourself unable to get some things done. I'd guess there are LOTS of developers out there who are hard at work on REV whatever who are offended at being referred to as "incompetent" (a term I reserve for those who either have no interest in tracing and fixing or who think THEY know how computers should be used better than the people trying to get something accomplished). >Don't accept CyberCrud as a necessary evil -- fight it! Beat on your >system administrator when the system screws up your data. If I find a bug, I want it fixed (that's what I mean by "training 'em"), BUT the average system administrator is likely to be aware of more problems actual and potential than we are. I certainly hope my system administrator's priorities are inclined toward preventing outright crashes before dealing with mere nuisances (hence, it is sometimes necessary to put up with or work around problems - you can't "convince 'em" on the spot). Course, instead of complaining, you might fix it yourself :-) --------------------- Disclaimer: --- My employer isn't responsible for my mistakes AND vice-versa! (subject to change without notice; void where prohibited) ARPA: sewall%uconnvm.bitnet@mitvma.mit.edu Murphy A. Sewall BITNET: SEWALL@UCONNVM School of Business Admin. UUCP: {rutgers psuvax1 ucbvax & in Europe - mcvax} Univ. of Connecticut !UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL "It might help if we ran the MBA's out of Washington." - Adm Grace Hopper