On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 10:27 PM, Russell Senior
<[email protected]>wrote:

> >>>>> "RJ" == Russell Johnson <[email protected]> writes:
>
> RJ> On Aug 1, 2012, at 2:29 PM, Dale Snell <[email protected]>
> RJ> wrote:
>
> >> Pessimist: The glass is half empty.  Optimist: The glass is half
> >> full.  Engineer: The glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
>
> RJ> I prefer, the glass is at half capacity.
>
> When I was in engineer school that whole metaphor totally baffled me...
>
>   Half-full is *EXACTLY* *THE* *SAME* has half-empty!!!
>
> I still don't quite understand what it's trying to imply.  Use better
> metaphors, people!
>
>
>
I still like this one:
[picture a note, next to an empty glass]

"While the Optimist and Pessimist were arguing over whether the glass was
half full or half empty, I just came along and drank it.
Sincerely, the Opportunist"

Carpe Diem!

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Matt M.
LinuxKnight
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