Why do you always assume the worst?

[ubavontuba]

Why is it that when I express a feeling or concern, you guys seem to assume I mean it in the worst possible way, dogpile on top of me, and then lock me out of the thread before I have a fair chance to respond? My recent comments in the "I am offended by the narrow vision of this forum" thread are a good example.

Have none of you heard of the MIT fake paper scandal in regards to this? Here's a link to the http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A6622-2005Apr21?language=printer" article.

It seems I'm not the only one perturbed by the gobbledygook. Here's a direct quote:

I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Reporters who write about the technology sector crack themselves up over the abstruse, jargon-laced language of their beat.

Sometimes we'll mix and match corporate tech-talk to come up with our own press releases: "It's a plug-and-play seamless connection paradigm that produces a win-win across multiple platforms for asynchronous synergies." You might think that's laying it on a bit thick, but I've seen worse. Technology writers should get a special bonus check every year for translating geek-speak into plain English.

So, it would seem that my concerns are well founded. Granted, I have read many interesting papers that are simply and eloquently written. But I dare say the majority aren't written with such regards to the reader.

 

[Moonbear]

And reporters writing about technology are NOT professional scientists writing journal articles. We've already discussed the MIT thing too (it was an abstract for a conference...nobody reviews abstracts and they're considered preliminary, so don't get much weight anyway...a lot of hype over nothing).

You had your say on this matter twice already.

 

[Evo]

It seems I'm not the only one perturbed by the gobbledygook. Here's a direct quote: Originally Posted by Robert MacMillan
I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Reporters who write about the technology sector crack themselves up over the abstruse, jargon-laced language of their beat.

Sometimes we'll mix and match corporate tech-talk to come up with our own press releases: "It's a plug-and-play seamless connection paradigm that produces a win-win across multiple platforms for asynchronous synergies." You might think that's laying it on a bit thick, but I've seen worse. Technology writers should get a special bonus check every year for translating geek-speak into plain English.

Your post is about technology, and actually that sentence is corny but not high tech, it sounds like a sales pitch, it's a lame example. It has nothing to do with the sciences, you don't know the difference?

So, it would seem that my concerns are well founded.

You appear to be unable to grasp information, perhaps intentionally, what we refer to as a troll. You're really digging yourself quite a hole.