Re: Transactions: good or bad?
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 16:48:57 -0400
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> "Todd Bandrowsky" <anakin_at_unitedsoftworks.com> wrote in message
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> > "Bob Badour" wrote...
> > >"Todd Bandrowsky" <anakin_at_unitedsoftworks.com> wrote in message
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> > > "Marshall Spight" <mspight_at_dnai.com> wrote in message
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> > > > "Todd Bandrowsky" <anakin_at_unitedsoftworks.com> wrote in message
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> > > > > ... in the very least, theoreticians have done a poor job
> > > > > on selling their message to the masses.
> > > >
> > > > You have an odd idea of what the job of a theoretician is.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Marshall
> > >
> > > Are they not guides?
> >
> > See: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=theoretician
> >
> > Where does it say anything about guiding anything or selling anything in
the
> > above definition?
>
> That's a silly argument. What's the point of having an expert if they
> cannot effectively share their knowledge?
It was not the argument that was silly. It was the idea that theoreticians are salesmen that was silly. Theoreticians effectively share their knowledge all the time; however, one must meet them half-way. Received on Tue Jun 17 2003 - 22:48:57 CEST