From:	George Foot <mert0407 AT sable DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: docs and ng posting (Was: Re: Newbie question, newbie error)
Date:	11 Feb 1998 19:05:56 GMT
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On Wed, 11 Feb 1998 17:20:37 +0200 (IST) in comp.os.msdos.djgpp Eli
Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:

: It might strike some that I, too, have a life beyond helping DJGPP users,
: and I also have a job which lets me have a life.  Why is my time cheaper 
: than somebody else's?  Please don't assume that the time I spend replying 
: to requests is negligible: it's not.

It never ceases to amaze me how much time you must spend helping
people out.

: > maybe we all here should start replying the "easy questions" and let 
: > the "hard ones" to them :-)

: Actually, this is a great idea!

Provided the answers given are correct! :)  An inaccurate answer can
give wrong information to those who don't know the real answer, and
confuse those who do.

: The FAQ already has an index (actually, it has two of them).  Look at the
: end of the FAQ.  I suspect that those indices are under-used--which is a
: shame, since I make such an effort to index everything there.  If you
: think those indices lack some references, I will be glad to hear about
: them. 

I think the indices are very good indeed; I use them often, when I
need to look something up for myself or to give a reference to
somebody else.

-- 
george DOT foot AT merton DOT oxford DOT ac DOT uk

ko tavla fo la lojban

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