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By jheary on Tue, 02/10/09 - 12:36am.
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I'd Like to Take "Issue"...

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and ban it from normal people's language.

There's that weasly word again: "issue." And used to describe what at a minimum are "problems" and at a maximum are "glaring gaps." Sigh... I wish normal people would stop speaking government-speak (weasly words) and say what they really mean. I suspect that "issue" came from RBS WorldPay and their lawyers, but it would be great if at least once a reporter/commentator called the game -- in this case, on what is obviously a huge PROBLEM as the story explains.

"Issue"

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Absolute agreement with JLBrown's comment!
* Here's another to ban: "INMATE"

Add this to the misused word list

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"impact" . People us it 'cause they can't figure out the difference between "effect" and "affect". Lets reserve "impact" for things like comets or bullets.

Wrong: "the inmate had an issue with the impact of the new lock-down rule had on his freedom"
Correct: The prisoner had a problem with the effect of the new lock-down rule had on his freedom"

Steve

This is not english class

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to the guys that are trying to teach us all english, stop Already!!!!
The post is not about english, in fact I always hated english class growing up. If you want to discuss the language seek another venue.
If you have something pithy to add to the authors excellent SECURITY article have at it. Blogs are not meant to be a sounding board for all you english snobs! Comment on the freaking content already will ya!

-English teacher hater for life

completely agree with Anon

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Here here!!!! comment on the articles no the english!

disagree with Anon

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The lack of effective communication - specifically of the English language is a glaring PROBLEM that causes many issues on many software projects. Programmers are notoriously bad at written communication. This causes inefficiencies that result in big functional gaps which other clever sociopaths eagerly exploit. Sorry for being off-topic, but it is relevant!

For Those Who Care About English...

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For those of you who do care about the language and improving your skills (yes yes, it's off topic) I'd like to recommend my favorite book on the subject:

 Ben Yagoda's  "If You Catch an Adjective, Kill It"

 Lynne Truss'  short rants on punctuation are also good.

All are both funny and informative.

--Jeff 

Here here!!!! comment on the

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Here here!!!! comment on the articles no the english!
Where where????
(try "hear hear!")

it was not about english it was about CORPORATE SPEAK

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Impact and issue are words used by corporate spokesmen to makes something serious seem like it's being taken care of or that it doesn't matter.

Quit whining. It's not about language. It's about lying.

Try again

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"Correct: The prisoner had a problem with the effect of the new lock-down rule had on his freedom"

Umm, nope - that, like the "Wrong:" sample still does not parse. It seems that fixing other people's English is a wee bit more complicated than you thought.

As for impact, which seems to be irrelevant in the context of the article, it is not reserved for physical effects and can even be used for abstractions.

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Jamey Heary, CCIE No. 7680, is the author of the Cisco NAC Appliance: Enforcing Host Security with Clean Access book by Cisco Press. Jamey is a seasoned security technologist with over 15 years in the IT field with 10 years focused on IT security. His areas of expertise include network and host security design and implementation, security regulatory compliance, and routing and switching. His other certifications include CISSP, CCSP, and Microsoft MCSE. He is also a Certified HIPAA Security Professional. Jamey is currently a Security Consulting Systems Engineer with Cisco, though the opinions expressed here are his own. Jamey is a member of Network World's Cisco Subnet blog community.

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