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From: lewisd@homxc.UUCP (David Lewis)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: user.graphics.newusers
Message-ID: <1863@homxc.UUCP>
Date: 8 Apr 88 17:20:14 GMT
References: <826@wucs2.UUCP#
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Red Hill Site, NJ
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Summary: answers to simple questions posted monthly, please

In article <826@wucs2.UUCP#, posdamer@wucs2.UUCP (Jeff Posdamer) writes:
# Most, indeed the vast majority, of the replies to the 'simple' questions
# have been incomplete or just plain wrong. This especially applies to
# questions about geometry. It is clear that comp.graphics NEEDS people to
# ask these questions so that those of us who may be ignorant of an area or
# who are misinformed can be educated. Noone on the net is a guru in
# everything. The only thing accomplished by .newuser would be allow us to
# keep believing we know everything.
# Jeff Posdamer, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, (314) 889-6147
The discussion about monthly postings thus far has been carried out
only by regular posters and people who know something about graphics (though
Jeff does point out that their info may be wrong).  As a newcomer to the
group, I find that I am picking up only bits and pieces of information.
These gleanings are a bit slim. I would very much welcome a posted collection
of reliable answers to simple questions. Small sections of code would be
a great boon to my education, too.
 Will the person who originally posted the idea volunteer to collect and
integrate answers to simple questions?
 Maybe the emphasis should be on frequent questions, instead.
-- 
David B. Lewis    {ihnp4,allegra,ulysses,rutgers!mtune}!homxc!lewisd
"New Jersey -- Landfill of Enchantment"