I once, a long time ago, took a course to meet a liberal arts requirement in college. It was a 'Technical Writing' course. I have found that what I learned in that class has greatly improved my abilities in explaining very technical things to people who barely understand that the 'computer' is not the monitor.
In thinking back on the class, one exercise stands out in my memory. In a nutshell you had to select an item from a list provided (hammer, pry-bar, scissors/snips, stapler (construction or for paper), etc...) and write not only instructions on how to use it, but why to use it and when it was appropriate to use it. The target audience was 'aboriginals who have never seen this item before and don't know its name or function' One assumption was made: The target audience had the ability to read at a 3rd grade level with the exception that their vocabulary did not include this item or any synonym or antonym of it as found in miriam-websters thesaurus. We had a week to write it. It was a great exercise in attempting to think and understand like someone else.
Using PostgreSQL reduces the number of access licenses required for Oracle, or doesn't waste existing connections.
That would be great except that Oracle allows unlimited development licenses for all oracle database products at Oracle Downloads on OTN. Unless you happen to live in "Cuba, Iran, Sudan, Libya, North Korea, Syria, nor any other country to which the United States has prohibited export." (from the EULA for 10g) But then again, you probably couldn't get a licensed copy anyway if you lived/worked there.
Diablo II LOD:
Paladin: Houndin
Amazon: FrauCeinwyn
Paladin2: SoldierOfJordan
Old MUD (Formerly named Tempest now Darkness Falls)
Wolfin the Author (Wizard on Some MUDs)
Chiang the Monk
Old RPGs
Dwarf: Thraim Axeblood
Elf: Loranthalis Evensong
Anti-Paladin (AD&D 1st Ed): Rok Hellraiser
Unreal Tournament:
567-4329562vi (Robot Skin) Half-Life TFC.... suddenly I'm drawing a blank on my sniper's name.... Damn... guess that ends my list...
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I once, a long time ago, took a course to meet a liberal arts requirement in college. It was a 'Technical Writing' course. I have found that what I learned in that class has greatly improved my abilities in explaining very technical things to people who barely understand that the 'computer' is not the monitor.
In thinking back on the class, one exercise stands out in my memory. In a nutshell you had to select an item from a list provided (hammer, pry-bar, scissors/snips, stapler (construction or for paper), etc...) and write not only instructions on how to use it, but why to use it and when it was appropriate to use it. The target audience was 'aboriginals who have never seen this item before and don't know its name or function' One assumption was made: The target audience had the ability to read at a 3rd grade level with the exception that their vocabulary did not include this item or any synonym or antonym of it as found in miriam-websters thesaurus. We had a week to write it. It was a great exercise in attempting to think and understand like someone else.
Diablo II LOD:
.... suddenly I'm drawing a blank on my sniper's name.... Damn... guess that ends my list...
Paladin: Houndin
Amazon: FrauCeinwyn
Paladin2: SoldierOfJordan
Old MUD (Formerly named Tempest now Darkness Falls)
Wolfin the Author (Wizard on Some MUDs)
Chiang the Monk
Old RPGs
Dwarf: Thraim Axeblood
Elf: Loranthalis Evensong
Anti-Paladin (AD&D 1st Ed): Rok Hellraiser
Unreal Tournament:
567-4329562vi (Robot Skin)
Half-Life TFC
what will I do with my cue:cat?