> I think you're being obtuse Dave. And that's your right to do so. You're > right from an idealistic perspective. I'll give you that. My position comes > from the practical world, not the theoretical one. You meet with a CEO and > use truthiness in a presentation you'll look like a fool.
Really? Why do you say that? What word would you use instead of "truthiness", to describe what people generally mean by that word? Why do you think that CEOs haven't heard of Steven Colbert? I spend quite a bit of my time communicating with people. I'm paid to do that among other things, and I think I do it pretty well. I meet with and talk to quite a few CEOs. And I would have no hesitation about using "truthiness" if that's the word that fits what I'm trying to describe. And I'm quite confident that I wouldn't look like a fool. I'm CTO of a successful software company. If someone appropriately used that word in a presentation to me, I wouldn't consider that person a fool either. As for obtuseness and idealism, it seems to me that these describe you better than me in this case. You're describing the world as you'd like it to be - words being "right" or "wrong" according to some unquestionable authority. I'm describing the world as it is - dictionaries observe the language, they don't create it. You seem unable to acknowledge this, which strikes me as being ... obtuse. Finally, to bring this around to something that might be relevant for programmers: this seems to be a fairly common failing of programmers, in my experience. Computer languages, after all, do have the sort of rigidity and exactness that you seem to expect in human languages - if you use the wrong word, things simply don't work. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:348128 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
