From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: steffen@sdaoden.eu (Steffen Nurpmeso) Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 18:48:27 +0200 Subject: [TUHS] Another "craft" discussion topic - mindless tool proliferation In-Reply-To: References: <201709191701.v8JH1vck032168@darkstar.fourwinds.com> <20170919233525.k3otv5as6xi2rqht@thunk.org> <91641FC6-4CF5-4682-B8C3-8BB3DCCB208C@orthanc.ca> <20170920010206.GZ25650@mcvoy.com> Message-ID: <20170920164827.lg_Dw%steffen@sdaoden.eu> Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: |> On Sep 19, 2017, at 6:02 PM, Larry McVoy wrote: |> |> Put it on the web and move on. | |My main gripe about that is that I can't read the web when the router \ |I'm trying to install won't work, keeping me from the needed web documentati\ |on ... | |*Please* write your documentation in a way that allows you to generate \ |(useful, readable!) PDF documents that I can download for offline viewing. \ | Believe it or not, I don't haul along a 300 mile cat-5 cable when \ |I go sailing. I still like to write code on the boat. So much for Go :-P | |And $GOD help everyone in the Caribbean trying to bootstrap their infrastruc\ |ture right now. How is your https://... documentation going to help \ |them out? I absolutely agree. And mind "you", a lot of people save money to be able to have an hour of internet access a week. Maybe they have to walk kilometers, hours, to be able to do so. And to end up with a bad low-bandwidth connection. Having internet access is a gift, and a miracle. --steffen | |Der Kragenbaer, The moon bear, |der holt sich munter he cheerfully and one by one |einen nach dem anderen runter wa.ks himself off |(By Robert Gernhardt)