mheisig
01-07-2008, 12:18 PM
Hi folks, it's time for Mheisig's Educational Point of the Day:
If you're going to use a word in a post, especially in the title of the thread, a little research before clicking that tempting "Post" button can really pay dividends later on down the line. Specifically, other posters will not be so prone to mock you relentlessly until you flee the forum in a flurry of shame and tears.
Case in point: the first question on anyone's mind should be "What the hell is a 'que' and why should we be taking something from it?" To answer your question, let's try a little experiment that any internet user should be familiar with: it's a little tool called "Google."
Once you're done giggling at the funny name, let's get down to business: head to Google (http://www.google.com) and in that pretty white search bar, we'll type this:
define:que
NOW click that tempting "Search" button.
Our first clue that "que" might not be the right word is that the definition returns no results in the English language. Now, most people on this particular forum read and write English (though it's debatable that some can read or write at all).
So, should we use a word that's not even defined in English? Probably not.
Maybe the word we're searching for is "queue" and we just forgot a couple of letters. Once again we run back to the Google search bar (also conveniently located in your browser toolbar in Firefox) and type:
define:queue
Turns out a "queue" is a stack or line of people or items. So do we want to "Take a stack or line of people or items from the best?" I don't know about you, but that makes about as much sense as Question #3, which is to say it's mostly gibberish.
After several hours of brain-bending research, we discover that the word we're actually looking for is "cue." Hoozah! A cue is a hint, stimulus or guiding suggestion. That actually makes sense within the context of the sentence!
With our thread title actually coherent, we now have a great foundation for constructing a well reasoned, intellectually provocative post that will really add to the Warpath community.
Of course a complete lack of reasoning ability and rational thinking skills can really put a kink in that plan, so there's no real guarantee.
If you're going to use a word in a post, especially in the title of the thread, a little research before clicking that tempting "Post" button can really pay dividends later on down the line. Specifically, other posters will not be so prone to mock you relentlessly until you flee the forum in a flurry of shame and tears.
Case in point: the first question on anyone's mind should be "What the hell is a 'que' and why should we be taking something from it?" To answer your question, let's try a little experiment that any internet user should be familiar with: it's a little tool called "Google."
Once you're done giggling at the funny name, let's get down to business: head to Google (http://www.google.com) and in that pretty white search bar, we'll type this:
define:que
NOW click that tempting "Search" button.
Our first clue that "que" might not be the right word is that the definition returns no results in the English language. Now, most people on this particular forum read and write English (though it's debatable that some can read or write at all).
So, should we use a word that's not even defined in English? Probably not.
Maybe the word we're searching for is "queue" and we just forgot a couple of letters. Once again we run back to the Google search bar (also conveniently located in your browser toolbar in Firefox) and type:
define:queue
Turns out a "queue" is a stack or line of people or items. So do we want to "Take a stack or line of people or items from the best?" I don't know about you, but that makes about as much sense as Question #3, which is to say it's mostly gibberish.
After several hours of brain-bending research, we discover that the word we're actually looking for is "cue." Hoozah! A cue is a hint, stimulus or guiding suggestion. That actually makes sense within the context of the sentence!
With our thread title actually coherent, we now have a great foundation for constructing a well reasoned, intellectually provocative post that will really add to the Warpath community.
Of course a complete lack of reasoning ability and rational thinking skills can really put a kink in that plan, so there's no real guarantee.