Nuggets of humor from a week spent marking things up in Washington D.C.
Syllables govern the world.
Once again, submitted for your amusement, without attribution:
1. On expression, freedom of
XML or RDF? I didn't want to limit the free speech on the web.
2. On understanding
Remember when I asked how many people really understood [it] and I said the minimum number was probably two? Those are the two.
3. On role playing
X: Yes, I am playing the role of Rita. But I only do that at demos, never at home.
Y: Not that there's anything wrong with that!
4. On web services
X: Look at that! That is so cool.
Y: Yes, but is it a web service that makes that happen?
X: No, can't you see, it actually works.
5. On XML, the complexity of
Yes [we used to have that], it was called the SGML Declaration.
Maybe XML 2.0 could be called SGML?
6. On instruments, musical
I brought my electric Ukulele
7. On linguistics
The trouble with Elvish linguistics is…
Comments:
Hey! You canNOT end that last one with an ellipsis! Not allowed! (Who said it?)
Well, who do you think said it? :-)
The rest was something like "the experts in the field are also the worst flamers, so you can't just squelch them -- you have to carefully send back messages saying 'Please remove the fourth sentence of the third paragraph', and it's just exhausting." And I did make an exception for David.
I was telling my tale of woe as former moderator of Elfling, after Tim had told his as chair of the Atom flamefest^Wworking group.
Oh, well, all-righty then. And the people you're talking about aren't typically nearly as expert as they think they are... not that that's unusual in the tech world either, of course.