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From: matt@oddjob.UUCP (Matt Crawford)
Newsgroups: net.unix,net.puzzle
Subject: responding to requests for help
Message-ID: <1516@oddjob.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 6-Oct-86 12:36:54 EDT
Article-I.D.: oddjob.1516
Posted: Mon Oct  6 12:36:54 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 8-Oct-86 00:29:09 EDT
Reply-To: matt@oddjob.UUCP (Matt Crawford)
Organization: U. Chicago, Astronomy & Astrophysics
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Why is it that when someone asks a question on the net and
requests replies by MAIL, half-a-dozen or more people POST
answers on the net with at least half the answers being
needlessly complicated or just plain wrong?

Please reply by mail.  I will post a summary if sufficiently
amused.
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