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Date:      Mon, 24 Jan 2000 22:42:09 -0700
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        freebsd-chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Reaching the reader (was: UCITA (Important))
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At 01:48 AM 1/24/2000 , Greg Lehey wrote:

>That wasn't the issue, and I'm tired of trying to explain to you
>things that seem obvious to just about everybody else I speak to, so
>I'll stop.

Good. Please do.

>The real question is "will people read it?".  That's not up to you or
>me: it's up to the readers.  Why don't you write your article, and
>I'll make an edited version and publish it under a fictitious name.
>Then we look at the number of hits we get on each version.  Would that
>seem a fair indication of how much each version conveys its point?

Not at all. The hit comes before the reader has had a chance to assess 
the article. Therefore, this is a poorly designed experiment.

As an author with more than 20 years' experience and more than 1,200 
published articles and columns, I think I have a fairly good idea
of how to reach the reader. With all due respect, I don't think I
need your help.

--Brett Glass



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