Posted By Russ Emerson on February 14, 2005 at 10:50 pm
Of all the saints on the roster, who decided that Saint Valentine of Rome was the saint we had to memorialize every year?
St. Valentine is the patron saint of:
- affianced couples
- betrothed couples
- engaged couples
- happy marriages
- love
Perhaps it is no coincidence that he is also the patron saint of greeting card makers.
Shocking.
But there are plenty of other saints on call if a holiday is needed. For those who go a bit overboard for St. Valentine’s Day, mark your calendars: August 30 is St. Fiacre‘s Day. He’s the patron saint of… well, look it up.
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Posted By Russ Emerson on February 14, 2005 at 10:07 pm
Sometimes when debating, even when you’re right about something, you have trouble mustering the necessary argument required in order to sway your opponent. It happens to all of us, including those of us who are geeks technologists.
What, then, to do when your rhetorical back is against the wall?
Make stuff up, of course. Lie like Bill Clinton in a… well, pretty much anywhere.
The secret to lying is that it has to sound plausible, of course. With that in mind, the folks at Pigdog Journal have offered this handy list for geeks technologists on the losing end of an argument:
Things to Say When You’re Losing a Technical Argument
11. Yes, well, that’s just not the way things work in the real world.
. . .
17. Yes, I believe that’s the approach Windows NT is taking.
[Particularly effective when debating with a Linux aficionado.]
. . .
22. Yeah, or we could all just plink away on Amigas or something.
[Saith the old Amiga owner, “Ouch!”]
. . .
48. Let’s table this for now, and we’ll talk about it one-on-one off-line.
The number of these I’ve heard used (and used myself) is alternately frightening and amusing.
When you go read, beware: tech jargon abounds.
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