From: James Britt <jamesUNDERBARb@...>
Date: 2004-06-15T01:27:47+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] celsoft.com/Battery 0.1.1

Sean O'Dell wrote:
> 
> I am about to put the word "arbitrary" back into every single 
> celsoft.com/Battery document I've written if people refuse to respect my 
> opinion in the matter and continue to berate me over it.  I took it out 
> initially trying to avoid hurting anyone's feelings, but since it seems 
> apparent that this discussion is going to go on and on, I feel almost 
> compelled to hold up the word on a billboard.  I used the word properly, and 
> I still meant what I said.  I'm starting to feel sorry for taking the word 
> out of the docs.


Picking a different word to avoid hurt feelings is probably not a good 
goal; picking better words to improve accuracy might be.

Seems some people don't understand your insistence on using that 
particular word, which apparently makes its use arbitrary; of course, 
you are free to, um, arbitrarily insert that word anyplace you like, 
though I doubt it will help anyone's comprehension.

Anyway, I think this is the point where somebody quotes Humpty Dumpty, 
then someone else calls Mr. Dumpty a Nazi, and then the thread is 
arbitrarily ended.


James