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Can't Explain
Jun. 7th, 2006 07:22 pmI tried a new kosher sandwich place today and a new Asian food place, both of which I have mixed feelings about which I do not feel like going into.
Work is hard. I don't know how to explain when to use "OR." I said to use OR only when you need to use both OR and an understood AND, as in the following example. My second reader said, "I don't see any ANDs." Duh! Understood! Invisible! Lurking between the lines! You didn't even get what I was saying at all!
I realized our actual users with much lower math skills on the average might actually start typing AND in if I even mention it.
Robin recommended one brief sentence where I say that the system uses standard AND/OR Boolean logic with understood ANDs, which is all some people will need, and then lots of examples for those who don't. But I like to explain the examples! How can I explain without mentioning the assumed ANDs? Which I had to learn via trial and error because no one here has mentioned the word AND in relation to the system the entire 5.5 years I've been here. I think I'll just talk about how to read the list in English with lower-cased "and's" slipping in.
Now it's time to relax; we're going to watch one of the movies that came from Netflix. We've gotten through all the ones Robin lined up for when I was gone (as I recommended he do). No more graphic violence ("Dead Alive") or sex. We're watching either "Sunset" (an old western) or "Roman Holiday" (an older romance).
Broken thing of the day: In the test system, one command mutates a student's ID code into something it can't recognize and then gives you an error message.
Work is hard. I don't know how to explain when to use "OR." I said to use OR only when you need to use both OR and an understood AND, as in the following example. My second reader said, "I don't see any ANDs." Duh! Understood! Invisible! Lurking between the lines! You didn't even get what I was saying at all!
I realized our actual users with much lower math skills on the average might actually start typing AND in if I even mention it.
Robin recommended one brief sentence where I say that the system uses standard AND/OR Boolean logic with understood ANDs, which is all some people will need, and then lots of examples for those who don't. But I like to explain the examples! How can I explain without mentioning the assumed ANDs? Which I had to learn via trial and error because no one here has mentioned the word AND in relation to the system the entire 5.5 years I've been here. I think I'll just talk about how to read the list in English with lower-cased "and's" slipping in.
Now it's time to relax; we're going to watch one of the movies that came from Netflix. We've gotten through all the ones Robin lined up for when I was gone (as I recommended he do). No more graphic violence ("Dead Alive") or sex. We're watching either "Sunset" (an old western) or "Roman Holiday" (an older romance).
Broken thing of the day: In the test system, one command mutates a student's ID code into something it can't recognize and then gives you an error message.