From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dan Cross Message-Id: <200107111826.OAA24712@augusta.math.psu.edu> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] more bad news from Lucent In-Reply-To: <20010711163218.3205E199C0@mail.cse.psu.edu> Cc: Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 14:26:57 -0400 Topicbox-Message-UUID: c637112e-eac9-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 In article <20010711163218.3205E199C0@mail.cse.psu.edu> you write: >'Beleagured'? Over here the phrase which is always trotted out is > struggling telecoms manufacturer Lucent >Is there a word for this association of words? We see such inseparable >phrases all the time, e.g. > upstart chip maker Transmeta > former Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega New (e-conomy) speak? The voice of a new iGeneration? Market Speak? Management speak? Industry Trade Rag Speak? I know, Jim, on a related note I sense an issue coming on, but I don't have the bandwidth to address it right now. Perhaps you and some of your e-colleagues could take it offline and whiteboard an e-solution strategized from your e-xpertize? The ROI would be visionary. You know, make it an action item to e-vigorate your linguistic service i-offerings? And don't forget, use XML! BOSS: Everything we do must revolve around XML. XML is the light and the way. It is the future of E-Commerce. We will use it to revitalize our deliverables.... Hey, mister, just where do you think you're going? Let me see your DTD! DRONE: But, I'm just going to the bathroom.... BOSS: No excuse! Everything we do revolves around XML! Now let me see a DTD. DRONE: But....But, I just have to pee.... BOSS: Pee Shmee! Again, no excuse! No DTD, no pee-pee. DRONE: (Starts crying) BOSS: You see, people, in the New Economy, some of us are tougher than others. We can't tolerate the weaklings if we're to syngerize our core competencies around unleashing frictionless deliverables. Anyone else have to pee? We now return you to your regularly scheduled Ed Woods movies.... - Dan C.