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Author: ErcmErcm Date: Feb 13, 2008 23:00
This word is overused so much that it is as annoying as the Head-On TV
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Author: Dave MayesDave Mayes Date: Feb 14, 2008 04:40
On Feb 13, 2:00 pm, "Ercm" wrote:
> This word is overused so much that it is as annoying as the Head-On TV
> commerial...
I agree that anomaly is one of NASA's most overused words but what do
you expect from one of the government's premier scientific agencies?
I guess they could use the scientific term "bad day" a bit more...
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Author: Todd H.Todd H. Date: Feb 14, 2008 05:19
Dave Mayes yahoo.com> writes:
> Frankly I hate those Head-On commercials too--they give me a
> headache.
And worse still, the shit doesn't work, according to a test report I
saw.
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Author: Brian GaffBrian Gaff Date: Feb 14, 2008 09:52
The most over used phrase is The big picture. It was used about 8 times in
an hour a couple of days ago by different people, closely followed by in
work, by the sound of it.
Brian
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Author: Jeff FindleyJeff Findley Date: Feb 14, 2008 18:49
> The most over used phrase is The big picture. It was used about 8 times in
> an hour a couple of days ago by different people, closely followed by in
> work, by the sound of it.
Managers are always using these sorts of "content free" phrases. There are
surely more than a few Dilbert cartoons which deal with this sort of thing.
Jeff
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A clever person solves a problem.
A wise person avoids it. -- Einstein
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Author: ErcmErcm Date: Feb 14, 2008 21:04
"Todd H." toddh.net> wrote in message news:841w7g6ugs.fsf@ripco.com...> Dave Mayes yahoo.com> writes:
>>> Frankly I hate those Head-On commercials too--they give me a
>> headache.
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> And worse still, the shit doesn't work, according to a test report I
> saw.
HeadOn is just another "As Seen on TV" scam...
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Author: tdadamemd-spamblock-tdadamemd-spamblock- Date: Feb 20, 2008 16:29
From Dave Mayes:
> On Feb 13, 2:00pm, "Ercm" wrote:
>> This word is overused so much that it is as annoying as the Head-On TV
>> commerial...
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> I agree that anomaly is one of NASA's most overused words but what do
> you expect from one of the government's premier scientific agencies?
> I guess they could use the scientific term "bad day" a bit more to
> describe what can happen when they have too many anomalies but "bad
> day" is two words and the term "bad day" understates in an informal
> sort of way the less complex and easily understood scientific term
> CATASTROPHE.
I agree with the overuse criticism. But compounding the problem is
the fact that the meaning of the term "anomaly" is often misunderstood
within NASA. The word is often used (misused) as a synonym for
"abnormal", "problem" or "failure". But the pure form of the word
does not inherently connote any negativity. It simply indicates a
deviation from the nominal. I'll repeat:
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Author: maxsonmaxson Date: Feb 20, 2008 19:43
On Feb 20, 9:29 am, tdadamemd-spamblo...@ excite.com wrote: >
> I agree with the overuse criticism. But compounding the problem is
> the fact that the meaning of the term "anomaly" is often misunderstood
> within NASA. The word is often used (misused) as a synonym for
> "abnormal", "problem" or "failure". But the pure form of the word
> does not inherently connote any negativity. It simply indicates a
> deviation from the nominal. I'll repeat:
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> - An anomaly is simply a deviation from the nominal.
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> And this points toward the fact that an even more overused and
> frequently misunderstood word at NASA is "nominal". This word is
> commonly used as a synonym for "normal" or having "no problem". But
> "nominal" does not necessarily indicate something that is positive.
> Here's what it actually means:
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> - Nominal is simply a condition as it has been defined, good or bad.
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> A synonym for nominal would be "named" (akin to the word ...
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Author: behlingjobehlingjo Date: Feb 20, 2008 20:52
> On Feb 20, 9:29 am, tdadamemd-spamblo...@ excite.com wrote:
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> >> I agree with the overuse criticism. But compounding the problem is
>> the fact that the meaning of the term "anomaly" is often misunderstood
>> within NASA. The word is often used (misused) as a synonym for
>> "abnormal", "problem" or "failure". But the pure form of the word
>> does not inherently connote any negativity. It simply indicates a
>> deviation from the nominal. I'll repeat:
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>> - An anomaly is simply a deviation from the nominal.
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>> And this points toward the fact that an even more overused and
>> frequently misunderstood word at NASA is "nominal". This word is
>> commonly used as a synonym for "normal" or having "no problem". But ...
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Author: maxsonmaxson Date: Feb 20, 2008 21:23
On Feb 20, 1:52 pm, behlin...@ gmail.com wrote: > On Feb 20, 1:43 pm, "max...@ mission51l.com" mission51l.com>
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>>> On Feb 20, 9:29 am, tdadamemd-spamblo...@ excite.com wrote: >
>>> I agree with the overuse criticism. But compounding the problem is
>>> the fact that the meaning of the term "anomaly" is often misunderstood
>>> within NASA. The word is often used (misused) as a synonym for
>>> "abnormal", "problem" or "failure". But the pure form of the word
>>> does not inherently connote any negativity. It simply indicates a
>>> deviation from the nominal. I'll repeat:
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>>> - An anomaly is simply a deviation from the nominal.
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>>> And this points toward the fact that an even more overused and ...
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