Re: Neilsen makes sense but not amends

Subject: Re: Neilsen makes sense but not amends
From: Goober Writer <gooberwriter -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 06:12:48 -0700 (PDT)


> The trouble with Nielsen isn't so much what he says,
> but the slavish way some people will follow his
> advice as
> though they are rules from on high, without thinking
> whether they apply in particular cases, what the
> least
> of two evils may be in a particular situation, and
> so
> on, and design things accordingly.

Amen, brother!

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