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HUMOR: Mac/IBM--WAS: Use of Future Tense in Procedures
Subject:HUMOR: Mac/IBM--WAS: Use of Future Tense in Procedures From:wburns -at- MICRON -dot- COM Date:Fri, 8 Nov 1996 07:24:30 MST
>>Much concern is given about writing procedures in the active vs. the
>>passive voice. Does
>>anybody give a hoot?
>>
>I, for one, don't give a hoot, but you have opened a discussion that has led
>to religious wars along the lines of the superiority of the Mac to the PC.
[Hearing the distant hiss of acetylene torches coming to life]
Er...how 'bout we inject a little levity into this thread.
There's a fantastic website that has a collection of animated gifs. The URL
will take you to my favorite one (providing that the gods of the web are
willing).
(Sorry to those of you who don't have web access or who use a text browser.)
Have a tolerable Friday.
Bill Burns
Assembly Documentation Supervisor
wburns -at- micron -dot- com
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