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| Thread ID: 80169 | 2007-06-13 21:18:00 | Who fired the PCWorld editor? | Greg (193) | PC World Chat |
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| 558908 | 2007-06-19 04:50:00 | From Wikipedia "Being referred to as a pedant, or pedantic, is generally considered insulting. However some people take pride in being a pedant, especially with regard to the use of the English language. In an attempt to avoid censure, people who wish to make a correction often preface it with "not wishing to be pedantic, but ..." or "without being a pedant, ...". Pedantry can also be an indication of certain developmental disorders. In particular those with Asperger syndrome, or high-functioning autism, often have behavior characterized by pedantic speech.[1] Those with Asperger's tend to obsess over the minutiae of subjects, and are prone to giving long detailed expositions, and the related corrections, and may gravitate to careers in academia or science where such obsessive attention to detail is often rewarded. Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder is also in part characterized by a form of pedantry that is overly concerned with the correct following of rules, procedures and practices.[2] Sometimes the rules that OCPD sufferers obsessively follow are of their own devising, or are corruptions or re-interpretations of the letter of actual rules." Hmmm, Well as for that other "Sad" guy he was correct. You were, shall we say, mistaken? I knew there was disease at play somewhere with this chap! Asperger syndrome eh. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 558909 | 2007-06-19 06:12:00 | I love aspergers! Especially with melted butter and lashings of black pepper. Had them once at a pub in London with a poached egg on top, That was pretty good too. Didn't know this was a food thread. | Richard (739) | ||
| 558910 | 2007-06-19 06:47:00 | Jack, In case you haven't noticed, computers require input to be exactly, pedantically, correct to produce the required results. This is a computer forum. If more people were pedantic in their interactions with computers, more computers would work correctly. I try to be precise in my use of language here, and in all my technical work. Computer programmes don't work unless they are exactly right. I'm good at programming. Shouting at a computer, or calling it names, does not make it work correctly. Similarly, such behaviour does not convince me of the validity of someone's arguments; rather the contrary. The sad gentleman in that long-ago thread lost his temper. He was wrong in his "understanding" of Woosh's service contract (at the time --- I don't know if it has been changed since). Because I try to be charitable, I suspect he hadn't read it, and was arguing on the authority of what he wanted to believe it said. But that is irrelevant to this thread. JackStraw: Greg says he found three grammatical errors and one factual error in a couple of pages of PC World. I found one grammatical error in four lines of his posting, and his "factual error" wasn't. This makes me stupid? Presumably, Greg was trying to be pedantic in his posting. He failed. He then accused me of being "the sort of person" who uses language correctly. I can live with that. I do try. But I can't be bothered with people who hide behind anonymity in forums to call names. Perhaps they hid behind a bigger brother when they did that in the schoolyard. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 558911 | 2007-06-19 12:17:00 | Presumably, Greg was trying to be pedantic in his posting. He failed. He then accused me of being "the sort of person" who uses language correctly. I can live with that. I do try. But I can't be bothered with people who hide behind anonymity in forums to call names. Perhaps they hid behind a bigger brother when they did that in the schoolyard.What Graham fails to grasp, is the fact that I'm not a magazine editor, nor a wannabe editor. Definitly not a pedant. My post was to take the p*** out of the writers of the magazine in an unmalicious way. Scott et al didn't hammer me, but Graham had to put his spoke in and make out the pot was calling the kettle black. If that's what gives him a kick, then that's his float. Sadly to contradict Graham, I don't hide behind anonymity. I'm personally known to a couple of moderators on these forums, and have spoken to a few other members live on the phone. They know me and my physical address. Besides, there're enough clues from my previous posts over the years to give away exactly who I am. Graham - I know you disable and re-enable your 'Ignores' on these forums, so you'll read this... why didn't you just ask me to prove the grammatical errors instead of indicating that you may be mentally ill [rhetorical question]. |
Greg (193) | ||
| 558912 | 2007-06-19 15:35:00 | What Graham fails to grasp, is the fact that I'm not a magazine editor, nor a wannabe editor. Definitly not a pedant. My post was to take the p*** out of the writers of the magazine in an unmalicious way. Scott et al didn't hammer me, but Graham had to put his spoke in and make out the pot was calling the kettle black. If that's what gives him a kick, then that's his float. Sadly to contradict Graham, I don't hide behind anonymity. I'm personally known to a couple of moderators on these forums, and have spoken to a few other members live on the phone. They know me and my physical address. Besides, there're enough clues from my previous posts over the years to give away exactly who I am. Graham - I know you disable and re-enable your 'Ignores' on these forums, so you'll read this... why didn't you just ask me to prove the grammatical errors instead of indicating that you may be mentally ill [rhetorical question]. I am beginning to take a liking to Grego. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 558913 | 2007-06-19 21:55:00 | Awww Cic, I think you're sweet too. ;) | Greg (193) | ||
| 558914 | 2007-06-20 05:25:00 | New Zealand PC World enjoys strong print, online gains Strongly bucking the category trend, New Zealand PC World has recorded a readership increase to from 142,000 to 151,000 in the latest Nielsen Media Research readership survey, covering the 12 months to April 2007 . A renewed focus on design, larger folios, and a cover disc upgrade from CD to DVD have all been factors in the surge, complemented by a Dec-Jan 200th anniversary issue that become the title's third best-selling issue of all time . The survey period saw NZ PC World pass NetGuide for the first time to become New Zealand's best-read technology publication . GOD THIS IS DEPRESSING . I was sifting through back issues last week looking for comp . buying advice, and it was obvious that we have moved to PC World Lite over the last year and that my subscription was looking like history come renewal time . . [Bad words] . Any alternative mag suggestions? Online? |
annie (6010) | ||
| 558915 | 2007-06-20 06:06:00 | GOD THIS IS DEPRESSING. I was sifting through back issues last week looking for comp. buying advice, and it was obvious that we have moved to PC World Lite over the last year and that my subscription was looking like history come renewal time.. [Bad words]. Any alternative mag suggestions? Online? Ok, there's been no dumbing down of PC World, instead of throwing your arms in the air and wailing, how about telling us exactly what you think is missing? |
Scott Bartley (836) | ||
| 558916 | 2007-06-20 06:17:00 | Ok, there's been no dumbing down of PC World, instead of throwing your arms in the air and wailing, how about telling us exactly what you think is missing? I think that was covered about 5 pages back. For the record; More workshops on how to build your own PC or gaming PC,home server, a basic multimedia web site, how to keep your PC clean, how to put a mutlimedia photo presentation together, what software is best for what tasks some basic work shops for photoediting, collage, red eye removal, layer masks basic htmt/text editing A decent OS review based on 3 months use and trail of respective systems and applications any more suggestions and Ill be forced to send you my consultancy fee. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 558917 | 2007-06-20 08:21:00 | I think that was covered about 5 pages back. For the record; More workshops on how to build your own PC or gaming PC,home server, a basic multimedia web site, how to keep your PC clean, how to put a mutlimedia photo presentation together, what software is best for what tasks some basic work shops for photoediting, collage, red eye removal, layer masks basic htmt/text editing A decent OS review based on 3 months use and trail of respective systems and applications any more suggestions and Ill be forced to send you my consultancy fee. Covered by others...Annies post had nothing constructive in it whatsoever apart from more complaining. As for the rest of that stuff I'm sure most of that's been covered numerous times before. |
Scott Bartley (836) | ||
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