Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 03:44:50 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> Cc: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au>, Doug Young <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au>, Kathy Quinlan <katinka@magestower.com>, N6REJ <n6rej@tcsn.net>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I'm leaving Message-ID: <3B0108A2.C7CD3470@mindspring.com> References: <002b01c0db54$e0febaa0$5599ca3f@disappointment> <20010513171444.E26123@welearn.com.au> <00f401c0db7e$ff3ca2a0$fe00a8c0@kat.lan> <20010513122623.I97034@lpt.ens.fr> <20010514084709.A68348@welearn.com.au> <024b01c0dc05$b1314fc0$0300a8c0@oracle> <20010514103623.B68348@welearn.com.au> <3B00D499.C542E155@mindspring.com> <20010515114457.A93329@lpt.ens.fr>
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Rahul Siddharthan wrote: > Terry Lambert said on May 15, 2001 at 00:02:49: > > There is an organization whose intent is to provide > > writers for things like this. They contribute > > documentation to a number of places, including linuxdoc > > and the Apache project. > > > > > > I think I have the link to their page on my other system; > > I will look for it (before anyone asks why I didn't include > > Is this is? > http://www.oswg.org Yes, that's them. > > a link). A well-worded search request would probably find > > the thing, but it's too late for me to be pithy enough to > > get Altavista to spit it out tonight...). > > Try Google instead... > > Seriously, Google is a huge timesaver: what I want is invariably in > the top 3 or 4 matches, it's quite amazing. I tried the exact same > search query on Altavista, and it gave me absolutely nothing of > relevance on the first page. Which is what usually happens. I think I think like the Altavista lexicographers, when I think about getting information. I can usually word my request with 2-5 search terms, and get exactly what I'm looking for in the first page. I also like the ability to _not_ have an implies "+", and the different behaviour based on case sensitivity. I have to say that I hate their new popups, though. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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