Speaking for the newbies (or that segment of them who aren't asking you to
do their homework/job/googling for them):
The trouble is, we don't know whether we can't find information(X)
because:
"X" is not the term "knowbies" use for the concept,
or because:
information(X) is rare due to the concept being so awful
that a knowbie would avoid it altogether,
or because:
information(X) is rare due to being too obvious to document,
or because:
information(X) is non-existent because "X" comprises some
legitmate terms, used in a way that makes no sense, with a question mark at the
end
or because:
X is a genuinely new question and information(X) would advance the
body of knowledge for all of us.
In other words, we don't know what we don't know. If we did, we'd
know whether our question should be sent to the newbies list or the knowbies
list.
Maybe just ask us to post *everything* to the .tutor list and let
the question bubble up to this list if it doesn't get answered there? Or
ask us to post to the .tutor list until we've responded to someone else's
post a few times (proven ourselves competent to judge our own
competence)?
Ron
>>> James Stroud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 12/7/2004
12:52:08 PM Maybe a time for a new discussion group
along that suggested> by the Subject line ?I would hesitate
to change too much about this list. I spend about 1 hr. per day (probably
too much) perusing the technical explanations, musings, and rants--and
hoping to learn enough to reply with an answer sometimes.As far as lists
go, this is my favorite, and I've subscribed to lists in a variety of
fields. I'm afraid that scaring off newbies would remove some of the charm
of this list.-- James Stroud, Ph.D.UCLA-DOE Institute for
Genomics and Proteomics611 Charles E. Young Dr. S.MBI 205, UCLA
951570Los Angeles CA 90095-1570http://www.jamesstroud.com/
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