Posted on 12/09/2003 10:17:58 AM PST by dead
Now I'm going back to WW2online where I will pretend that every gerry I see is a nazi spell checker.
Cite an example. I took credit for the misspellings. I merely stated that I didn't proof my postings, and it is considered bad manners to criticize posts for that reason. I am employed, and have been for more than thirty years. It was other folks, like yourself, who escalated all of this to personnel attacks upon the presumed quality of my work, all without reviewing actual samples.
Assume I'm seeking the constructive criticism. To which of the following to you refer? (These are all of my "first sentences" in the entire thread.) Where do I attempt to place blame on anyone else?
Me too. Except the recent ones.
On the other hand .... I've been an engineering programmer for thirty years and know a number of languages including C, C++, Pascal, FORTRAN, Forth, COBAL, APL, RPG, not to mention assembler for about fourty processors
Yeah? When buggy whips began obsolete, they didn't start importing them from abroad.
Because the new "hamberger turner" jobs offset the statistics.
It is common practice to type for postings without extensive proofing.
It is considered bad manners to criticize postings for spelling.
My, my. You must think engineers are stupid.
I think I owe you additional comments. I have implied admission of guilt in being an atrocious speller.
You'd be surprised how stupid most people seem to me, particularly those who get hung up on trivialities.
I guess you are under the impression that posting on FR demands the same level of perfection as the work I submit to my employer.
They don't. This company spent $2,000,000 on outsourcing to India.
You attack me without pondering my responses to the issues.
Aha!! Not a programmer, are you?
Oh yeah. I forgot that Wal-Mart was a major supplier of communications and defense infrastructure
After thirty years of writing software, you presume to be informing me of something?
Boy, if you and Miss Spelling Bee would consult the posting rules for this forum, you would find that criticism for spelling in not considered good manners.
Heh heh. I just had to fix one of my typos in the build. ;-D
Cite an example. I took credit for the misspellings.
The only point I ever tried to make relating to spelling is that I don't spend much time proofing these postings. My work is a differnt story.
Look again, oh great editing sear. See lines 5, 6, and 16. So now we see your posting efforts are not perfect. I'd bet my last dollar that you are very good with QA inspection.
Dude I'm a typical engineer: I don't give up until the job is done.
Look again at your last two posts. You blamed your failure to spot your "pay dirt" on imagined "crafty editing" on my part. Yet, I honestly copied the first line of each of my posts for your inspection. You are guilty of what you accuse me: Sloppy workmanship and rejection of criticism. You can't take the heat!
You could have let it all go by giving me the same benefit of the doubt I gave you. You chose instead to keep stomping. Thanks for walking into my ambush.
BWAAAAAAHAAAAAHAAAAAA!!!
I gloat, sure enough. Now it is "good riddance"
Another moronic mistake. *sigh* Darn spell checker nazi's can never get it right.
Just goes to show how much you know.
Check their website where they quote: With 2001 revenues of $85.9 billion and more than 300,000 employees worldwide, IBM is the largest IT company on the planet
Yep. You're right. I messed up that big-time. I have no idea how I turned 10% and 40% into typing one and four million.
The time period for the review I was referring to was 1992-1993. Past a certain age/point, they just kept people around and hired new college graduates for new jobs.
Yeah...there was no one on the space vehicle where "inch" got spelled "cm". :)
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