Dr Batsen D Belfry
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Sun Dec-10-06 08:46 AM
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| Poll question: If you saw ">=", how would you |
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interpret it to mean? This is a serious question. We used this notation in an error message displayed to users, and one required we change it because she did not know what it meant. Note our clients work for school districts.
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| Orsino
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Sun Dec-10-06 08:50 AM
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In a string of otherwise meaningless gibberish, >= would not be informative. What was the text of the error message?
I would lean toward >/=, personally.
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Sun Dec-10-06 08:56 AM
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| 2. You know how dumb the average person is? |
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Well by definition half the people are dumber than that.
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| billyskank
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Sun Dec-10-06 09:57 AM
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| 3. Never try to make idiot proof software |
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It's an arms race which you can't win. Nature can always make a bigger idiot.
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| ZombieNixon
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Sun Dec-10-06 01:12 PM
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:cry: Fuck you, nature, fuck you. x(
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Sun Dec-10-06 01:17 PM
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vagina laying on her side.
Breasts added for emphasis...
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| Hosnon
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Sun Dec-10-06 01:50 PM
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| 6. I lean towards "greater than or equal to" but it isn't 100% obvious from |
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Edited on Sun Dec-10-06 01:53 PM by MJDuncan1982
the symbols.
However, put the inclusive "wedge" between the two and it would be closer to 100% obvious (to me).
Edit: Anyone know the code for "inclusive or"?
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