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        <title><![CDATA[Do clients give you time to chart the task?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[That at least is what I mean by rude... not saying &quot;I'll go check what that would entail, then I'll let you know if it's something I can do&quot;.A bit like just answering &quot;yes&quot; and doing nothing if someone asks &quot;can you reach the salt?&quot; (Depending, as you very correctly pointed out, on dialectal preferences).]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[AnsuGisalas]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 10:22:08 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Am I making it too difficult?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Honestly, I don't think I am making it too difficult.Ask a network engineer:  Can you converge this network to include data, voice and video?Answer:  Don't know.  Haven't tried.I think thats reasonable simply due to the fact that so many factors are involved and up until this point, it hasn't been something that has been considered.  It may even be outside of his chosen field of expertise.It might also be the way people from his(her) neck of the woods speak.  I'm from the South of England and the way we phrase a question is different from the way people from the North might phrase the same question.  It doesn't make it rude.  It just makes it different.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[kevaburg@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 22:44:42 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Alas . . .]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Too bad, AnsuGisalas.  Santeewelding's attempts at subtlety have pretty well armored me against your much subtler approach.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[apotheon]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:27:11 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Well... that may be Chad]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[But to highlight what I mean, I'll admit I have trouble resisting massive advertising campaigns like the SUV-drive of 2006... I didn't fold but I was staggered for a while, even wondering if that is then what one has to buy now.Ways to inocculate against that kind of assault are welcome. And that's an intent I can respect.The seeker/doubter BTW has been one of the most effective subversion techniques... since plato's aristotle at least.It's more than just Columbo, it's an appeal to a persons positive face; asking the other to participate in solving a problem - thus suspending their defenses by making them think they're being let through the seeker's defenses.And it never works unless it's believable, honest-like. The very best ones probably believe it to be true themselves.Ultimately I think it's a question of politeness. Some people respond well to a command to &quot;stop being dumb!&quot;, others don't. Some require a more polite, less face-threatening approach. And it's not really being dishonest, it's just tailoring the teaching to allow the student to feel like they found the point all by themselves. It's an appealing way to learn, and effective too. A person is more likely to remember their own shining moments than a dry account in a book.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[AnsuGisalas]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:29:15 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[When you write]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[You deceive and manipulate beginning with word one. We are all &quot;dirty&quot;.Motivation, now -- that's another thing, and it's a bundle of things, none of which I question when it comes to Michael or to you, Chad.Michael is just better at keeping his to himself. In print, anyway.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[santeewelding]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 11:12:01 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[indeed]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I recommend naming that script &quot;hofstadter.rb&quot;.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[apotheon]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:51:38 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I see you've incorporated...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[... Hofstadter's Rule correctly.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sterling "chip" Camden]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:23:36 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[bah, humbug]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I have the skills for deception, but not the motivation.  If deception is really the only way to get through to people who don't already agree, I'll focus on those who are more inclined to agree so that they need nothing but reason to improve their understanding.  Let the chips fall where they may.  I guess I'd rather be an example than a manipulator.Anyway . . . I know that a straightforward, honest approach can work.  It worked on me.  The trigger that got me on the path to my current position on the matter of copyright was a conversation with someone I had never met before, which questioned the ethical basis for copyright law.  Interestingly enough, the person who asked the question was literally asking out of uncertainty -- which, I believe, is exactly what Michael Kassner is doing a lot of the time.  He's a seeker, from what I've seen, and not a manipulator.  Having recently spoken to him in person (again) is part of the reason I believe that to be the case.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:02:47 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[You might want to try the front door from time to time.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[You could try being straightforward with people from time to time -- such as with me, right now.  If you can't be clear about what you think you're suggesting, though, maybe you should do my job instead.Do you want my job?  See if you can talk the editors into giving it to you.  Let's see if your &quot;back door&quot; approach makes any hay.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[apotheon]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 09:54:57 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[IWS]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Direct, indirect, misdirect in time.Guide, shunt, misguide in turn.It's the information warfare shuffle... or is it a waltz? Tango? Foxtrot? These things I forget. If you will believe it ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[AnsuGisalas]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 05:08:10 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[You gots to be one of those there purveyors]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Of layers of indirection.Ugh. Three, &quot;ofs&quot;.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[santeewelding]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 23:12:56 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Belief]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[is too dangerous to throw around the internet, I feel.Ponder, that's as far as I'll go.And I have a pristine disk image, I'll notice intrusion  And then I go look again, see how it was done.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[AnsuGisalas]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 23:01:35 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Michael]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Is adamant about his occupation of the &quot;flyover zone&quot;. Sure, I tell him.Don't you believe what he says for so much as a second.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[santeewelding]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 22:56:31 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I find it has to be done extremely manipulatively...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In dealing with prejudices and cultural conditioning, any kind of push will be met with a violent counterreaction. Hair of the dog, I guess. Manipulation to condition against manipulation. Hoodwink.I think Michael Kassner has a pretty good hold on the &quot;not raising the hackles while slipping the leash&quot;, he succeeds in coming across as quite innocuous. And since all bloggers try to affect their readers' stance, it must be skillfully done. Not sure if it's a learnable skill though, or an acquired one.It's  important though, the not raising the hackles, to avoid the fate of Tyr.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[AnsuGisalas]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 22:48:30 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Nice Article]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Very nice article Chip. It all applies pretty well to me. Particularly the part about how consultants tend to need to learn new technologies a lot, so are always out of their comfort level somewhat. This is very true, and a big part of the reason I often feel like a fake.The reality of course is that &quot;knowing everything&quot; is impossible - it's the ability to learn new things quickly, based off your other experience that is the key.I don't know if it applies to others, but for me another contributing factor to this feeling is that I never have time to stop and reflect. I mostly do quick jobs (from 5 mins to a weekend), and there is rarely a chance to sit back and look back on the good work I have done.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[gechurch]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 22:10:08 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[how to estimate project completion time]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[#!/usr/bin/env rubydef estimate(guess)  2 * estimate(guess)endputs estimate(ARGV[0])(edit: formatting)]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[apotheon]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:47:23 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Perhaps, then]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[You might try other than the front door.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[santeewelding]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:24:51 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[heck yeah]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I've been trying to distill some essence of that in the IT Security column for years.  Given the kinds of responses I often get, I feel like I'm failing to get through to anyone other than those who already know enough to see through the illusions -- like I'm preaching to the choir, and just making enemies of everybody else because I'm &quot;forcing&quot; them to work extra-hard to maintain their biases.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[apotheon]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:16:45 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Well . . .]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Anyone who has seen your  source code  knows that it's not  all a hoax.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[apotheon]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:47:55 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Again, that's spam-bait!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Don't go there. And don't post the link either ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[AnsuGisalas]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 12:47:58 -0700</pubDate>
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