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2009-10-10T07:40:34.339-04:00

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2009-01-21T02:31:00.000-05:00

Consultant Ninja - clearly this post requires a personal response. I know your post is well-intentioned, but unfortunately it is just flat out wrong. Not only does it miss the entire purpose of my post, but places quotes out of context and doesn't indicate even a cursory understanding of what I'm communicating.

I'll respond to each of your points in order:

#1. You're right - I meant "cubic feet" and this is a typo on my part. It's been updated. However, any reader can clearly see this mistake and it won't dramatically impact the lessons they take away

#2. You need to read my posts much more carefully. With step #5 of that post, the point is to avoid numerical ranges. The answer of "between 10,000 and 20,000 square feet" is not the right answer at all. Nowhere in my post do I state that it is.

Honestly, who is dumb enough to be asked how many cubic feet a 747 is and just throw out "10,000 to 20,000 feet"? The mere absurdity of that answer puts my respect for your judgment in question.

#3. I'm assuming it should be clear by now that I wasn't providing a real answer. Nor was I even attempting to do so - it was solely about the need to avoid numerical ranges. If I actually wanted to include the real answer to the cubic volume of a Boeing 747, that would take 30 seconds on a Google Search.

I applaud the fact that you're reading my posts closely. But please, if you'd like to pick apart my analysis, do so only after:

#1. You've read the entire post

#2. You've put some effort into understanding the content before grossly quoting me out of context

Thanks. I respect your writing, and have enjoyed the insight/attention that you put into your posts. But please, don't make yourself look bad by writing a long post deconstructing a problem that doesn't exist.

Kevin

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