Who was the mental genius
Alfred Perlstein
bright at mu.org
Fri Jun 6 18:25:06 UTC 2014
> On Jun 6, 2014, at 10:02 AM, Warren Block <wblock at wonkity.com> wrote:
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>> On Fri, 6 Jun 2014, Paul Schmehl wrote:
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>> No offense was meant. I deliberately chose the subject to stimulate discussion, which it has obviously done.
>
> Stimulating discussion without insulting people generally gives better results.
>
> Look, we are all doing the best we can with what we've got. The ports people have been trying to accomplish the equivalent of turning a cruise ship around in a bathtub without rattling the silverware. It's not possible to anticipate every issue, particularly when there are so many.
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> The way improvements are made is for interested people (that is, you) to
> get involved and help to improve it.
>
> The challenge you have created is to anticipate the next issue and report it, preferably with a plan for a solution, before it happens.
>
Let's not overly tone police folks. If no one can constructively criticize then we don't get any feedback.
Anyone's tone can be attacked I firmly believe that Paul's tone matches the way we east coasters chide each other to provoke debate.
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