rfg@hound.UUCP (R.GRANTGES) (01/17/85)
[.] The problem is that many of our experts have forgotten more than most others will ever know. Sometimes they have forgotten more than <they> will ever know. Other experts, the ones who work on the cutting edge (to coin a phrase), find it tedious and difficult to phrase an explanation that would be understandable to the multitudes. -- "It's the thought, if any, that counts!" Dick Grantges hound!rfg
newton2@ucbtopaz.CC.Berkeley.ARPA (01/18/85)
I'm afraid that I, in too many instances, fall into Dick's second category. On reflection (no Nyquistian pun intended) I'm afraid if my ill-considered outburst ("only authoritative, guaranteed 100% correct spoutings on Usenet, all others to be humble petitioners") were granted, we'd have lost what makes net such an appealing *social* forum (at least for me), one where anyone can pipe up and enjoy the resulting melee and no one need fear instantaneous authoritative get-to-the-back-of-the-class squelching. Not to mention the certainty that I'd be among the first to make an irretrievable fool of myself. Contritely (no longer grumpy) Doug Maisel