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From: new@ee.udel.edu (Darren New)
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Subject: Re: What constitutes a good OS?
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Date: 17 Jan 91 19:27:48 GMT
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In article <1991Jan17.004729.5517@kithrup.COM> sef@kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan) writes:
>Gee, most documentors I've seen (myself included, at one point in the
>not-so-distant past) used blank pages because chapters should begin on
>odd-number pages.  I have never seen an odd-numbered page marked, 'This page
>intentionally left blank.'  Anyone who has done so is being very stupid.

Why would you insult people like this?  You have a real attitude problem.
"I have not seen this, so anyone who does it must be stupid." Jeez.

Have you ever considered what it would take to update a manual set that
contains a dozen loose-leaf volumes, where the index is published as
a separate volume?  Why send 500 pages when there are changes on
20 pages?  Why send a new 100 page index to every user when the only
change has been to delete three paragraphs in the middle of one loose-leaf
binder?

Tell me how you would handle this in a better way than just leaving the
pages blank or addig extra pages in the middle saying "ignore these
pages", or I will just have to assume that you are even more stupid
than anyone who has done it my way. (See, I know how to play with and
otherwise offend other people's egos, as well as hold a conversation.)


(Aside: Really people, I'm not looking for a fight here, but a discussion.
If you can't check your defensive aggression at the door, why bother posting,
since you aren't going to change my mind by calling anybody stupid.)
		-- Darren

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