Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!trantor.harris-atd.com!charybdis!sonny From: sonny@charybdis.harris-atd.com (Bob Davis) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Is it just me...? Message-ID: <4618@trantor.harris-atd.com> Date: 20 Oct 90 17:33:15 GMT References: <28019@bellcore.bellcore.com> <4617@trantor.harris-atd.com> Sender: news@trantor.harris-atd.com Reply-To: sonny@trantor.harris-atd.com (Bob Davis) Organization: Advanced Technology Dept., Harris ESS, Melbourne, FL Lines: 13 Doesn't it seem that WAY over HALF the posted questions in this group are of the generic forms: (1) "Does anyone know where I can find program ________?", or (2) "Are there programs which do __________?", almost ALL of which are resolvable by scanning catalog information files from SIMTEL and/or one or more of the other archives that the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) postings tell you about? ______________________________________________________________________________ Bob Davis, UofALA'66 \\ INTERNET : sonny@trantor.harris-atd.com | _ _ | Harris Corporation, ESS \\ UUCP : ...!uunet!x102a!trantor!sonny |_| |_| | | Advanced Technology Dept.\\ AETHER : K4VNO |==============|_/\/\/\|_| PO Box 37, MS 3A/1912 \\ VOICE : (407) 727-5886 | I SPEAK ONLY | |_| |_| | Melbourne, FL 32902 \\ FAX : (407) 729-2537 | FOR MYSELF. |_________|