RE: [Fwd: RE: Has the Lists 'Mission Statement' Changed???]
- From: "Mark W. Farnham" <mwf@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 08:43:29 -0400
rofl. "Proactive" is a made up word for planning ahead (Sloan school, I
believe). Such words are created to influence you to think that someone
knows something you don't (okay, and sometimes they create a new useful
shorthand for a topic.)
My favorite is "pessimal" which I coined as an antonym for optimal on the
occasion of coming upon a custom sort routine that ran in n squared time
(even on an already sorted list). Now I'm sure you can do worse, but you'd
really have to try.
I hope this was short and impactful enough that Jared doesn't feel the need
to make something impact on my head.
mwf
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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Nuno Souto
Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 8:37 AM
To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Fwd: RE: Has the Lists 'Mission Statement' Changed???]
Mladen Gogala apparently said,on my timestamp of 18/06/2004 9:22 PM:
> "We have committed to proactively pursue world-class solutions in
> order that we may professionally create quality deliverables"
>
:D
"proactively pursue"? Isn't that same as putting the cart
in front of the horses?
Brilliant!
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Cheers
Nuno Souto
in sunny Sydney, Australia
dbvision@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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