Bob Lunn
08/11/97 11:27 AM


>>       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 ?

     Actually, according to my therapist my psychology is all right! ;)

     I wouldn't have thought we were talking about net newbies!  Is it
     unreasonable to expect a subscriber to this mailing list to know
     (or to find out!) how to use a tool as basic as a search engine?

     If someone is too lazy to understand the tools at hand why should I
     want to help them to be lazy?

     Of course, if they're so busy doing risk assesments and managing
     constraints that they have little time, then that's different.  I
     have tons of time, and will happily do their work for them!

___Bob

PS:  If you really want a suffix then it should be how something like

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