With these people the only way to explain stuff is to use a large spiked club. After you've enjoyed explaining it to them for a while, especially over the head, then you can try telling them verbally.
larry On 3/17/06, Wayne Putterill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/14/06, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > It could be worse, I've been attempting to explain usability to a > > marketing person. > > > Easy, fit four more steering wheels, three extra gear levers and a dozen > randomly placed pedals to his car. > > Shouldn't take too long for him to see the benefits (unless its an > exceptionally long way to the first bend in the road). > > larry > > > > On 3/14/06, Scott Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > *groan* > > > > > > /me rolls eyes > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Scott > > > > > > Scott A. Stewart > > > Webmaster/ Developer > > > GlobalNet Services, Inc > > > > > > http://www.gnsi.com > > > 11820 Parklawn Dr > > > Rockville, MD 20852 > > > Voice: (301) 770-9610 x 335 > > > Fax: (301) 770-9611 > > > > > > The information contained in this message may be privileged, > > confidential, > > > and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the > > > intended recipient, or any employee or agent responsible for delivering > > this > > > message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > > > dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is > > strictly > > > prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please > > notify > > > us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your > > > computer. > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 1:31 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: Too Many U > > > > > > It just shows that with much of American English there's no > > > U'sability. Its not at all U's er friendly. > > > > > > larry > > > > > > On 3/14/06, Stephen Cassady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > [cf_poke_the_bear] > > > > Actually - that's exactly the problem with Americans - they don't > > think of > > > > "you", they think only of the self and nothing of their community. Of > > > course > > > > they would remove U from everything they could. > > > > [/cf_poke_the_bear] > > > > > > > > > From: "G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Actually, we took a language with too many U's in it....and > > corrected > > > it. > > > > > Honour, humour.....completely unnecessary u's. > > > > > > > > >> Americans, you take a perfectly good language... ;) > > > > > > > > Stephen R. Cassady > > > > Lopedia http://www.Lopedia.com > > > > Translating business needs into working successful technology > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:200399 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
