Re: TW Trade Schools..Do U?

["Sandy Harris" <sharris -at- dkl -dot- com>]

Win Day wrote:

> >interesting question.  I didn't even know that there were trade schools that
> >taught technical writing.
> 
> Sure there are.  Frequently I've seen this type of program offered at the
> same places that offer MCSE training.

	Must Consult Someone Experienced
	Moron Confused by Sun Equipment
	Minesweeper Consultant and Solitaire Expert

Is there a site somewhere that collects this sort of thing? I found one once
with 100-odd for IBM:

	Incomplete But Marketable
	I've Been Misled (for employees: I've Been Moved)
	It's Better Manually
	...

and of course there are lots of others:

	It Still Does Nothing
	Most Applications Crash
	Most Applications Crash, If Not The Operating System Halts

Sometimes I'd like access to such a collection, to lighten up something I'm
writing.

Along those lines, I highly recommend the jargon file or "hacker's dictionary":

http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/

and Stan Kelly-Bootle's wonderful "Computer Contradictionary". The only def'ns
I recall offhand are:

downtime:
   the period during which the system is stable and immune from user input

endless loop:
	see loop, endless

Anyone who works with computers and appreciates good writing should buy it.