Budget Breakdown??

On Tuesday, March 04, 1997 12:41 PM, Philip J. Nesser II[SMTP:pjnesser at MARTIGNY.AI.MIT.EDU] wrote:
@ Alan Bechtold supposedly said:
@ > 
@ > So -- let me get this straight. Asking a lot of questions -- some of them
@ > hard, some of them repeptitive, some of them off-topic -- is not acceptible
@ > for this list, but belittling the person who asks is?
@ > 
@ 
@ 
@ No.  Asking questions is great and useful and part of the process.  However
@ walking into the middle of a conversation (or discussion) and make broad
@ sweeping statements that are incorrect does not contribute to the
@ discussion, but tends to sidetrack from actually getting any work done.  In
@ such a situation it is appropriate to be informed that the answers to your
@ questions have been answered numerous times, and that you should read the
@ archives to catch up.  
@ 

The archives do not always seem to be working.
Also, some people may not be able to download
huge files via FTP. A simple message per file
web interface might be better.

--
Jim Fleming
Unir Corporation

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