full-disclosure - Advisory: Design flaw in human communication

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From: hvdkooij at vanderkooij.org (Hugo van der Kooij)
Subject: Advisory: Design flaw in human communication

Hi,

I would like to point out a design flaw in human communication. The bug is
shown rather clearly on this list lately but manifests itself in the
following ways:

 - Heated discussion which are completely irrelevant to the context of the
   environment.
 - Oneliners put in front of a long message in the vain hope it will stop
   the thread while it only copies it.

To the best of my knowledge this flaw was not present in the original Mk I
model human but was introduced to the Mk I model in a futile attempt to
improve the Mk I model.

Workaround:
 - Copy the behaviour of the only known Mk II model which had none of the
   flaws introduced into the Mk I model

Solution:
 - Rebuild of the Mk I series is planned but no rebuild date is yet given.

Disclaimer:
 - This flaw is not by design.
 - This flaw is but one of many known flaws to have been introduced to the
   Mk I model.

Hugo.


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