Re: [lopsa-discuss] What does LOPSA do?

2014-05-21 Thread Matt Simmons
Completely agreed. Name-calling of any kind doesn't have a place here, least of all something that so blatantly violates our Code of Ethics ( https://lopsa.org/CodeOfEthics). --Matt On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 8:52 PM, Corey Quinn wrote: > On May 21, 2014, at 7:27 PM, Michael Tiernan > wrote: >

Re: [lopsa-discuss] What does LOPSA do?

2014-05-21 Thread Corey Quinn
On May 21, 2014, at 7:27 PM, Michael Tiernan wrote: > I'd add "A balanced view of what the sales slut^H^H^H^Hdroid^H^H^H^H^H > professional won't tell you." to what LOPSA /could/ do for me. I don't expect to see this kind of terminology on LOPSA discuss. The cheap laugh isn't worth alienating s

Re: [lopsa-discuss] What does LOPSA do?

2014-05-21 Thread Matt Disney
> On May 21, 2014, at 19:27, Michael Tiernan wrote: > > I'd add "A balanced view of what the sales slut^H^H^H^Hdroid^H^H^H^H^H > professional won't tell you." to what LOPSA /could/ do for me. Yes, this is along the lines of what I meant when I said I'd like to see LOPSA serve as the anti-Gart

Re: [lopsa-discuss] What does LOPSA do?

2014-05-21 Thread Dan Ritter
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 07:27:31PM -0400, Michael Tiernan wrote: > I'd add "A balanced view of what the sales slut^H^H^H^Hdroid^H^H^H^H^H > professional won't tell you." to what LOPSA /could/ do for me. > > Damn I've got to oil my censor mechanisim. Allow me to recommend "salescritter". It's gend

Re: [lopsa-discuss] What does LOPSA do?

2014-05-21 Thread Michael Tiernan
On 5/19/14 3:20 PM, Stephan Fabel wrote: > - how do I choose a technology "solution"? > - when do I need a particular piece of technology? > - what problem am I *really* trying to solve using this technology? Excellent points. One thing I've already gotten from this group is a better understanding

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Emory University re-imaged *everything* by accident

2014-05-21 Thread David Lang
On Tue, 20 May 2014, N.J. Thomas wrote: Now would be a good time to reflect on Fred Brooks' awesome essay "No Silver Bullet". There is no one single technique that will make all your problems go away -- BUT there are a number of things you can do to mitigate against the re-imaging incident that