Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!bbn!bbn.com!mesard From: mesard@bbn.com (Wayne Mesard) Newsgroups: news.misc Subject: Re: Articles most often cited in comp.all Message-ID: <48098@bbn.COM> Date: 12 Nov 89 07:11:45 GMT References: <9198@elsie.UUCP> <1989Nov6.140710.11656@telly.on.ca> <14867@bfmny0.UU.NET> <9199@elsie.UUCP> Sender: news@bbn.COM Reply-To: mesard@BBN.COM (Wayne Mesard) Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge MA Lines: 21 J Greely writes: >Prefixing them with a clarifying paragraph would do quite a bit more >to prevent misunderstanding. It might answer questions like: > >1) Why post this list? Is it "what you might be missing", or > "mindless bean-counting"? (reminds me of that old favorite, >6) [...] 7) Why isn't a distinction made between direct and indirect follow-ups (i.e. an indication of the length vs. breadth of the thread). 8) What about threads that span this arbitrary two week boundary, won't their stats be artificially deflated? 9) You mean this list really is useless? -- unsigned *Wayne_Mesard(); "This is a show for people with great haircuts Mesard@BBN.COM and short attention spans." BBN, Cambridge, MA - from the Nakamichi(?) International Music Series