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Subject:Re: traps for reviewers From:Michael LaTorra <mikel -at- ACCUGRAPH -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 24 Mar 1995 09:16:57 MST
About a decade ago I worked for a company that had a contract with
the National Association of Securities Dealers to prepare an SGML
Document Type Definition for one of their publications. I wrote
the SGML DTD. But since that was nothing but an empty structure
in which text would be placed, I needed some sample text to use in
a demonstration copy for review. They couldn't provide me with
anything but a sample page. So I wrote my own text. And I made it
funny. The reviewers from NASD loved it! And so began my career as
a sit-down comedian....
Live long & prosper,
Mike LaTorra
Documentation Supervisor
Accugraph Inc.
mikel -at- accugraph -dot- com
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