Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 03:36:45 +1100 From: David Gerard <fun@thingy.apana.org.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: favor Message-ID: <20050207163645.GK21722@thingy.apana.org.au> In-Reply-To: <399973539.20050207171622@wanadoo.fr> References: <200502061420.24415.krinklyfig@spymac.com> <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNOEEKFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> <849739867.20050207170757@wanadoo.fr> <20050207161015.GH21722@thingy.apana.org.au> <399973539.20050207171622@wanadoo.fr>
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Anthony Atkielski (atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr) [050208 03:16]: > David Gerard writes: > DG> That would sorta suck. I know I write my questions and answers with > DG> a view to them being searchable on the web maybe months or years > DG> later, as I know how very grateful I am to those whose archived > DG> words have helped me before. > Having to search an archive of e-mail messages as a substitute for real > support sucks to begin with. I've almost never found anything useful > when searching the archives, and even when I have, it takes longer to > find it in the archives than it does to just ask the question again. I go to a site called google.com and I enter error messages verbatim, and often what comes back is a pile of mailing list posts. They are far superior to nothing. > DG> So it helps the copyright situation, but breaks the usefulness of > DG> any archive. > The copyright situation is an unavoidable legal mandate, not an option. > You cannot defend against an infringement action by saying that > respecting copyright would have been inconvenient for you. Of course. However, I am pointing out that the searchable archive on the web is a fantastically useful thing and worth trying to preserve, not a minor detail not worth considering in the search for a resolution. - d.
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