Sorry everyone, was trying to ease the tension. -Chad
On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 7:42 AM, Sumana Harihareswara <[email protected]> wrote: > Cool it, Chad. > -Sumana > > On 04/26/2013 07:33 AM, Chad wrote: >> Look ma, I'm a lawyer! >> >> I'll note that yesterday I was a fireman. >> >> And an astronaut the day before. >> >> Isn't pretending fun? >> >> -Chad >> >> -Chad >> On Apr 26, 2013 7:25 AM, "Sumana Harihareswara" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Luis, the thread: >>> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/wikitech/352923 >>> >>> On 04/26/2013 06:00 AM, Tyler Romeo wrote: >>> >>>> it's straight up obnoxious to come into a thread and undermine >>>> a topic people care about by calling it "a waste of bytes and people's >>>> attention". >>> >>> No, David isn't calling the *topic* a waste; he's saying that it's more >>> valuable to hear lawyers speak about this particular messy legal topic >>> than to hear non-lawyers argue about it. >>> >>>> Also, you should seriously look up the definition of the work >>> bikeshedding. >>>> It's the theory that organizations give undue weight to trivial issues. >>> >>> Not organizations - noisy individuals. http://bikeshed.org/ "the amount >>> of noise generated by a change is inversely proportional to the >>> complexity of the change." Specifically, it's an observation that lots >>> of people speak up when something comes up where they can have an >>> opinion. From the canonical email: >>> >>>> In Denmark we call it "setting your fingerprint". It is about >>>> personal pride and prestige, it is about being able to point >>>> somewhere and say "There! *I* did that." It is a strong trait in >>>> politicians, but present in most people given the chance. Just >>>> think about footsteps in wet cement. >>> >>> Regardless, it's fine for David to opine that lawyers' opinions do carry >>> more weight here than non-lawyers'. >>> >>> -- >>> Sumana Harihareswara >>> Engineering Community Manager >>> Wikimedia Foundation >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikitech-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikitech-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
