Re: "Sorry if this is an FAQ" Re: Hardware information

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From: Dave Tutelman
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 11:45

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In article <BvwH68.FGJ@NCoast.ORG> brown@NCoast.ORG (Stan Brown) writes:
>In article <718326448snx@bilton.demon.co.uk> johnb@bilton.demon.co.uk (John Burton) writes:
>>
>>I apologise inadvance if this is an FAQ. 
> ...
>It seems to me that the quoted sentence says "I can't be bothered to
>look at the FAQ list.  I'll just sit back and let others do even that
>minimal research for me.  Ans I'm not even ashamed of it: I'll boast
>that I haven't looked at the FAQ list."
> ...

Stan,
You point out somthing that I'd never thought about, but which seems valid.
I think we ought to adopt a philosophy of responding to such posts (by Email,
don't waste posting bandwidth) with a stock answer:

  "It may be.  Have you checked?"

Dave

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Subject: Re: "Sorry if this is an FAQ" Re: Hardware information
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