Even though I didn't vote for this design, I would vote for the shorter
wording. But I will point out that it seems slightly less than
democratic to have folks choose a design, and then re-do that design w/o
putting it up for another vote on code4lib.
Maybe I'm being too picky?
-emily
Edward Corrado wrote:
> I like the wording, providing it isn't too long for "artistic" purposes.
>
> Edward
>
> Ben Ostrowsky said the following on 1/26/2007 10:45 AM:
>
>> Well, if it's open for a rewrite, perhaps something like:
>>
>> It was hopeless. Maude and Agnes had cracked top-secret
>> messages during World War II, but even Bletchley Park's
>> finest cryptographers were mystified by the enigmatic "008".
>>
>> At the risk of dissecting frogs, I think it telegraphs the context and
>> puts the punchline where it belongs: at the end. It also breaks well
>> into three lines.
>>
>> Ben
>>
>
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Received on Fri Jan 26 2007 - 10:42:20 EST