Interesting and humorous sign

Ilion

Ian Shlasko

Nah, that's nothing... I don't have any pictures, but at the Renaissance Festival, the vendors always have these signs up that say "Unattended children will be sold as slaves"

Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in? Developer, Author (Guardians of Xen)

Ilion

I like that, too. But it doesn't work in most contexts and venues.

Brady Kelly

Funny sign, but why do you loathe the term "passive-aggressive"?

Ilion

It's not the *term* I loathe, it's the mind-set.

Lost User

One could assume that it is merely Gillian posturing again. Her need to set herself apart from the hoi polloi. However, Gillian is older than her somewhat naive postings would indicate, indeed she claims to have programmed using punched cards. I have encountered many older programmers, set in their 'procedural' ways, unable fully to grasp the concepts of OOP. No matter how frequently they were mentored, re-working their code to an acceptable form, they would continue to produce work of a procedural nature. This is a form of 'passive-aggressive' behaviour. (Some exhibited other symptoms: complaining, procrastination, resentment, sullenness.) Perhaps Gillian has been in this position and exhibited this behaviour. If, at some level, she were aware of this, her loathing of the 'mind set' and her use of it as an insult in Code Project, are explained.

Bob Emmett I solemnly declare that I do not wish the USA to be more like Britain, Canada, or Oz.