From: aidan@skinner.demon.co.uk (Aidan Skinner)
Subject: Re: Newbie in distress :-)
Date: 1999/10/24
Date: 1999-10-24T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <slrn81573m.pl.aidan@skinner.demon.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 7utnh6$gjs$1@nnrp1.deja.com
On Sun, 24 Oct 1999 01:31:18 GMT, Robert Dewar
<robert_dewar@my-deja.com> wrote:
>I fear students are unlearning the technique of reading
>books, in favor of throwing a quick question to some newsgroup
>in the hopes of finding an answer.
I don't know, some are. In my Computer Systems lecture on Friday the
lecturer asked how many people read news (there's a couple of internal
newsgroups apparently being setup), maybe 10% of the class put their
hands up. It's probably a lot different in the US, where net
penetration is a lot higher (I hate local phonecall rates) though.
>(and learn from the reading of) reference materials of various
>levels of sophistication.
I really want to say that I think this will be a lot better when the
FAQ is posted here regularly, but I don't think that the sort of
person who posts these questions is the sort of person who lurks for a
while before posting...
- Aidan (who really likes books, and is glad that his university has
an excellent library)
--
"I say we just bury him and eat dessert"
http://www.skinner.demon.co.uk/aidan/
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[not found] <7urnh6$4ov$1@news2.inter.net.il>
1999-10-23 0:00 ` Newbie in distress :-) David C. Hoos, Sr.
1999-10-23 0:00 ` Ehud Lamm
1999-10-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-10-24 0:00 ` Ehud Lamm
1999-10-24 0:00 ` Aidan Skinner [this message]
1999-10-25 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-10-25 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-10-26 0:00 ` Aidan Skinner
[not found] ` <Pine.A41.3.96-heb-2.07.991023170713.120704A-100000@pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il >
1999-10-23 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-10-24 0:00 ` David Botton
1999-10-24 0:00 ` Guy Cohen
1999-10-24 0:00 ` Ehud Lamm
1999-10-24 0:00 ` David Botton
1999-10-28 0:00 ` Another " Charles Hixson
1999-10-28 0:00 ` David Botton
1999-10-25 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-10-28 0:00 ` Gautier
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