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From: doug@eris (Doug Merritt)
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Subject: Re: comp.graphics.newuser
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Date: 4 Apr 88 21:30:32 GMT
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In article <8789@e.ms.uky.edu> david@ms.uky.edu (David Herron -- A vertebrae) writes:
>I think that a better way to solve the problem is for someone in the
>newsgroup to compile a list of the Commonly Asked Questions and to
>post it every month.  It's real easy to set up an automated posting,

I like this idea; minimum fuss, no discrimination, gets the questions
answered regularly.

There's already a (distributed) body of text we could use; for instance,
I just wrote an explanation of spatial lowpass filtering in response
to a question about smoothing enlarged bitmap fonts in the amiga newsgroup.
Other previously posted articles could be used for other commonly asked
questions, with revisions as suggested by readers. Who's got copies of
such things saved? (I'm sure I'm not the only packrat on the net!)

If we find a volunteer to do the monthly posting, the rest follows from
there. We could always go to a "comp.graphics.tutorials" later if
desired.

	Doug Merritt		doug@mica.berkeley.edu (ucbvax!mica!doug)
			or	ucbvax!unisoft!certes!doug