Brian Kelsay wrote:
Richard A. Franklin wrote:
This quiz is actually a better use of your time than trying to make Jim feel like a dumb adolescent for leaving his laptops in a car (I am sure he already feels like $&%@, knows "what went wrong", or is completely over it ... so go beat up on yourself if you have nothing better to do). BTW, I am surprised that Google only revealed 417 results for "pedantic nitpicking". After all, pedantic nitpicking is what people do, and they either get over it or they don't.
Sorry, not trying to make Jim feel bad, it just sounded that way. It was merely an environmental unfriendliness warning for other laptop users and Jim if he gets his replacement. One place I worked lost 8 laptops in the same pre-Christmas week. 6 from cars parked in front of the bosses house while at his Christmas party. Jim's a big boy and I'm sure he'll deal with it okay. It's the data loss that can really hurt. And Richard, pedantic nitpicking is a sport we geeks form teams for. I've heard that it is a long ways down the list of future sports to be voted on by the IOC for Olympic status. I can wait.
Yep, I did not begin to think you were trying to make Jim feel bad. And pedantic nitpicking can be fun among friends. I was just a bit surprised by the silly tonality of a previous post in response to Jim's misfortune, which most of us had the good taste and common sense to simply ignore ... but it was just such a tempting lead-in to the serial killer / programmer link
Too many grey days in a row bring out my shadow humor (if that is not too redundant).
And BTW, as a pilot of 18 wheels, I have to remember to not let my laptop sit for 48 hours in Minot, ND during the months of January and February ... and I don't, but it is a good reminder.
More to the point, how well did you score on the quiz?
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