martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > also sprach Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.12.12.1953 +0100]:
>> People who go to IRC and ask advocacy questions are fairly unlikely to >> get high-quality information no matter where you send them. At best, >> they'll end up sparking another one of these interminable discussions >> like the one that this thread just kicked off and maybe they'll be able >> to get a few facts out of all of the back and forth. > For the record, I found IRC to be by far the best research medium > throughout the process of writing my book. Of course, you are not to > believe everything, but taking it in with a grain of salt, and asking > smart followup questions open up an incredibly powerful research forum > via IRC. Sure, but unless I misunderstood, your book wasn't about advocacy topics, yes? I'm not saying IRC is bad in general. Far from it. I'm saying that it (and e-mail too, for that matter) have a particular weakness around advocacy topics. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
