At 09:21 PM 8/10/97 +0000, you wrote:

>        If somebody can't be bothered going to Altavista and typing
>        'microchip pic faq' why do you think they would be bothered
>        following a pointer from this mailing list?

Sorry Bob but your psychology is all wrong, new users may not understand
the use of search engines - if a pointer was supplied by the list server
as - say a two line suffix to all messages - are you saying that NOONE
would use it and you would rely on them using a search engine - in my
experience of risk assesment and constraint management such a pointer
would save a great deal of time for first time users and others who
have little time to wade through search engines ?

I'm going travelling soon and it would be great to point and click
on a single link to unsubscribe and check for any latest additions to
the FAQ. Isn't this far more efficient than complaining that people
wouldn't use such a facility ?

I think its a great move, a pointer to a FAQ and unsubscribe info :)

Rgds

mike
Perth, Western Australia


Some say there is no magic but, all things begin with thought then it becomes
academic, then some poor slob works out a practical way to implement all that
theory, this is called Engineering - for most people another form of magic.
                                                                       Massen