From: hiro <23hiro@gmail.com>
To: 9fans <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Boot CD chokes
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2021 21:33:32 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAFSF3XMTXRwS0hTTpZZgbdT9xUVJ5QtRBgyHgA28oGcangFgBA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211228132653.56b8f9a668c85f7c21614465@gmx.com>
sure, i don't want every website to read like a manual page.
but i want every manual page to be pedantic in the sense that it
should be concise and informative.
your example fits this definition.
On 12/28/21, Duke Normandin <dukeofpurl@gmx.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 21:12:37 +0100
> hiro <23hiro@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> my point was that if they weren't pedantic they wouldn't be any
>> good
>
> There's a time for pedantic and there a time for not so much.
> There's way too much "Bullshit baffles brains" going on - on the
> web - IMHO.
>
> At the onset, show them how to tell time - NOT how to make a watch!
>
> --
> Duke
> ** Text only please. Bottom post is best for me **
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