From: phase90 (phase90@comcast.net)
Date: Tue May 18 2004 - 20:06:46 GMT-3
Once again perfect-world theory fails approximately 99.99999% in the
practical world!
Jerry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Howard C. Berkowitz" <hcb@gettcomm.com>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 1:48 PM
Subject: Re: FW: gasoline, WAY OT - but it may be of importance to you
> At 1:09 PM -0400 5/18/04, Chris Larson wrote:
> >This post is way off topic to any list I belong to but I thought it
> >may be of importance to others and it requires a large number of
> >participants so I am going to forward it. I was glad to get it and
> >to be able to participate so I though you might too. If not ignore
> >it and I am sorry to have wasted the time/bandwidth.
> >
> >At the very least It will be an interesting look at the
> >effectiveness of "flash crowds" so to speak or maybe "flash
> >political movement" would be a better description.
>
> Let's put this in a CCIE context. Asking the proctor for information
> is going to help only if you demonstrate you have thought through the
> problem. Proctors being people, they are also going to respond
> better if not yelled at.
>
> Starting in reverse order, the economic protest that was described is
> in all caps -- the EMAIL EQUIVALENT OF YELLING.
>
> Next, we have phrases like "It has been calculated" and "May 19 has
> been declared," but with no supporting data. Who calculated what?
> What methods were used? No information.
>
> Who declared May 19 a day of protest? I like to know who I'm
> supporting with my voice and my vote.
>
> This is probably grounds to be banned from the list, although the
> final decision will be that of the list owner. I hope yelling about
> Evil Oil Companies was worth losing support for your CCIE quest.
>
> [Long, all-caps, much white space lecture snipped]
>
> Howard Berkowitz
> Member, Groupstudy Moderator Team
>
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