Giftzwerg
12/29/2009 12:02:00 PM
In article <ba2eb076-deb4-4194-bfd7-
390e43adf8da@r24g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>, eddysterckx@hotmail.com
says...
> As a group this ng is a pain-in-the-butt to wargame developers. For us
> the glass isn?t half empty, it?s even the wrong color of glass and the
> water has a minerals imbalance. But in the long run better wargames
> get produced and that's the only thing which matters.
All true. But the theory which holds, "Only those who can do <X> are
qualified to criticize the quality of something produced by someone else
doing <X>" continues to rear its ugly head.
It's surreal. In a forum which can be about little else than criticisms
of historical PC wargames, there's still an element which holds that
such criticism is *a priori* invalid unless it's coming from an
officially-accredited historical PC wargame designer.
Ridiculous.
No. I'm not a filmmaker. And yet, I'm fully qualified to determine
whether MEET THE DEEDLES was an important, worthwhile film.
No. I'm not a chef. And yet, I'm fully qualified to determine whether
the chicken parmigiana was overcooked and rubbery.
No. I'm not an interstate transportation expert. And yet, I'm fully
qualified to determine whether my package arrived undamaged and on time.
And why da fuck is it that I can't seem to avail myself of this theory
in my own job? As head of an IT department, I am frequently subjected
to criticism from salesmen, accountants, technicians, warehousemen, and
hundreds of other workers.
Why is it that I can't answer this criticism with, "Oh? And where did
you get your CS and IT degrees?" Am I the only guy since your cave-
painter who thought that when a salesman tells me, "my workstation is
down," I might want to check into it?
--
Giftzwerg
***
"Before we let suspect computer models developed by a handful of people
drive the entire world economy into a ditch, don't you think we should
take the covers off and invest a little more time and effort to
thoroughly examine how these models work? Hopefully this will include
analytical critiques from a wider cast of characters than the self
serving cabal whose mendacity and ham-handed attempts to marginalize
dissent were recently exposed."
- Bill Frezza