[bksvol-discuss] Re: Domo Arregato Mister Robotto?
- From: Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx
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- Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:30:29 EST
As a former computer programmer, I wonder if you have ever painfully given
birth to a piece of software and had to suffer its ingratitude forever more.
Did
you become miffed when it did not call you on holidays? Were you disappointed
when it got involved in the wrong digital crowds? And, of course, were you
aghast when it married another software that was beneath your standards?
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[bksvol-discuss] Re: Domo Arregato Mister Robotto?
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<lol> Roger. As a former computer programmer I've met a lot of rude binary
bits.
However, Larry's point is quite correct. A minor "your operation was
successful, press ok to return to the check out page"" comment would do just
fine.
Then, of course, there are the esthetics of the whole thing. I'll bet if we
were the department of education instead of mere volunteers we would get a
hardy
"thank you", and maybe even a "praise the Lord" for our efforts. But that's
just speculation on my part.
Bob
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Domo Arregato Mister Robotto?
I really can't see what the big deal is about getting a computer generated
thank you. I cannot possibly count the times I have done favors for people in
person without getting a thank you and without giving it a thought. I am
certainly not going to get upset over an unthinking computer neglecting to
perform
the ritual. As I said, confirmation that I succeeded in what I was trying to
do is reassuring, but there are a lot of ways to do that. Some sites use thank
you and some sites use congratulations. Mission accomplished would do just
fine. Your action is confirmed would be just fine. Your work has been saved
would be just fine. Even though the first time it was a bit disconcerting,
now that I know that being returned to my checked out list means that I was
successful, that is okay too. It would be better to have an explicit
confirmation, but there is some advantage to being able to skip that and get on
with
whatever else one has to do. Miss Manners said that one of the greatest
rudenesses is to accuse someone else of being rude. I am not sure I agree with
that, but I kind of wonder what she would say about accusing a bunch of
binary digits of being rude.
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