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Article #1367Re: Indexing (was: *** Why is rewriting bad?)
From: Joan Stout
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 21:49
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 21:49
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In article <1993Jan26.181754.9854@sqwest.wimsey.bc.ca>, marcy@sqwest.wimsey.bc.ca (Marcy Thompson) writes: |> >I can't help thinking that indexing by hand should be banned under the |> >Geneva Convention. :-) |> |> No argument here. I think it also contravenes the constitutional ban on |> cruel and unusual punishment if you happen to be in the US. :-) |> |> Marcy |> |> -- |> |> Marcy Thompson |> SoftQuad (West) |> marcy@sqwest.wimsey.bc.ca (preferred) or marcy@sq.com Hey! Some of us *like* indexing and some of us do it for a living. (In my case, only *part* of my living.) Some of us even like it enough to do most of it by hand. I have indexing software to take care of the real drudgery, but a professional indexer knows that computers can't index. Joan <-------------------------------> | Joan Stout | | Technical Writer | | sasjcs@unx.sas.com | | SAS Institute, Inc. | | Cary, NC 919 677-8000 | <------------------------------->
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Newsgroups: misc.writing Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!ames!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!gatech!concert!sas!mozart.unx.sas.com!sasjcs From: sasjcs@canoe.unx.sas.com (Joan Stout) Subject: Re: Indexing (was: *** Why is rewriting bad?) Originator: sasjcs@canoe.unx.sas.com Sender: news@unx.sas.com (Noter of Newsworthy Events) Message-ID: <C1HDzD.6G2@unx.sas.com> Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 21:49:59 GMT References: <C19EqC.6s5@unx.sas.com> <1993Jan22.210427.2947@sqwest.wimsey.bc.ca> <1993Jan25.192738.51901@datamark.co.nz> <1993Jan26.181754.9854@sqwest.wimsey.bc.ca> Nntp-Posting-Host: canoe.unx.sas.com Organization: SAS Institute Inc. Lines: 35