[Gllug] Microsoft was distributing Ubuntu

[John G Walker]

On Mon, 2 Jul 2007 10:39:25 +0100 Richard Jones <rich at annexia.org>
wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 12:58:25AM +0100, Rob Crowther wrote:
> > Russell Howe wrote:
> > In danger of getting off topic, but the US DoD's dependence on
> > Powerpoint was publicised by the book 'FIasco' last August:
> > 
> > http://www.presentationzen.com/presentationzen/2006/08/powerpoint_prin.html
> 
> The slide they show in that article just boggles the mind ...
> 
> Rich.
> 

But the comment the author makes is very pertinent: "It is just plain
stupid to use projected slides (i.e., visuals) used in a live
presentation as a document to be read later by people who did not see
the talk. Surely the military knows the difference between on-screen
visuals used in a live presentation and important documents and reports
to be read and referenced in the field."

The relevant point is not the technology used to create the slide, but
the content of the slide. You don't need a computer to produce this
kind of nonsense. Computers just make it easier. They also make it
easier to produce good presentations. Which you get depends upon the
user,

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 All the best,
 John
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