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Article #1187Re: Engineers must communicate better.
From: Ron Graham
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 20:18
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 20:18
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In article <10DEC199214271963@csa3.lbl.gov>, jtchew@csa3.lbl.gov
(Ad absurdum per aspera) writes...
>You can also learn a thing or two from the newsgroup misc.writing.
No you can't, either.
There is no newsgroup in all off Usenet in which more indignant eighth-
grade English teachers can be found. I have asked questions in misc.writing
several times - honest questions, for which I wanted an honest answer, and
I have never failed to be flamed. It's a club, not a useful tool.
And to think I helped campaign for it. I oughta be shot :-).
I might also add that the Society for Professional Communication, although
it claims to deal in such areas, will not issue more than token assistance
to non-members. You have to pay the toll first.
RG
Who became an engineer thinking "free-body diagrams" might prove interesting.
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Newsgroups: misc.writing Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!eagle!ariel.lerc.nasa.gov!ecaxron From: ecaxron@ariel.lerc.nasa.gov (Ron Graham) Subject: Re: Engineers must communicate better. Message-ID: <11DEC199215182870@ariel.lerc.nasa.gov> Followup-To: misc.writing Summary: Here's a place to start News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41 Sender: news@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov Nntp-Posting-Host: ariel.lerc.nasa.gov Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center References: <1g65dqINNqpn@access.usask.ca> <10DEC199214271963@csa3.lbl.gov> Date: 11 Dec 1992 15:18 EST Lines: 21