rcj@burl.UUCP (R. Curtis Jackson) (06/04/85)
OK, the 'Daddy' instinct surfaces. As founder of this newsgroup a long time ago, I volunteer to take votes on whether articles containing answers (partial or otherwise) to puzzles should: a) Contain no warnings in the title/subject, b) Contain a warning (*SPOILER* is a good one) but not be rotated, c) Contain a warning \and/ be rotated. If anyone cares, my preference is a strong one for (b). I am against (a) because there are a lot of people (including myself) who would like to know if there is an answer coming. I am against (c) because it is more trouble than it is worth. I know there are some people who just print news because they only have a printing terminal or because they don't have time to read news at work, but rotation is a pain in the bedoogees and not worth the effort (in my view, of course) to cover this (extra small) minority. And, if you see the word *SPOILER* and hit return anyway, you deserve what you get. One other suggestion that I would welcome feedback on -- when the author of a puzzle decides to give the solution to an unsolved puzzle or wants to tell his/her solution that may be slightly different than posted answers, how about a short indication in the title? Something like "*AUTHOR'S ANSWER*"? That way I know that I'm looking at the answer from the horse's mouth, so to speak, which is (usually) correct. Believe it or not, I \will/ summarize to the net unless I get fewer than 10 replies, -- The MAD Programmer -- 919-228-3313 (Cornet 291) alias: Curtis Jackson ...![ ihnp4 ulysses cbosgd mgnetp ]!burl!rcj ...![ ihnp4 cbosgd akgua masscomp ]!clyde!rcj