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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