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Article #2354Re: Mini-FAQ
From: David Grabiner
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 03:18
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 03:18
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In article <62246@mimsy.umd.edu>, Stephen Joseph Smith writes: > The rec.puzzles FAQ is incredible. It covers an enormous range of puzzles. > The only problem is... it's *too* big. Few first-time posters to the > newsgroup are going to read it all. > I propose that somebody creates a mini-FAQ containing the *really* > frequently asked questions... Proposed entries: > "What is the next term in this sequence? 1, 11, 21, 1211, 111221, > 312211..." > Monty Haul > 26 = L. of the A. > Does anybody know where any more of these [situation puzzles] can be found?" I also think this is a good idea. If the VFAQ list is posted to rec.puzzles and news.answers frequently, new posters will be likely to see it, and thus less likely to repost the Very Frequently Asked Questions. -- David Grabiner, grabiner@zariski.harvard.edu "We are sorry, but the number you have dialed is imaginary." "Please rotate your phone 90 degrees and try again." Disclaimer: I speak for no one and no one speaks for me.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!usc!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!destroyer!gumby!yale!hsdndev!husc-news.harvard.edu!zariski!grabiner From: grabiner@math.harvard.edu (David Grabiner) Newsgroups: rec.puzzles Subject: Re: Mini-FAQ Message-ID: <GRABINER.92Nov21221810@birkhoff.harvard.edu> Date: 22 Nov 92 03:18:10 GMT References: <62246@mimsy.umd.edu> Organization: /etc/organization Lines: 30 Nntp-Posting-Host: birkhoff.harvard.edu In-reply-to: sjsmith@cs.umd.edu's message of 22 Nov 92 01:09:15 GMT