Lindsay, >Well these days we go to google and type in X and go from there. (That is *exactly* >what I do for almost everything now) At least I now know what categories X may fall >in to.
Ask Jeeves is better if you have a question to ask. But he never gives me any sensible answers to the question "why doesn't my program work?". Mind you, I just asked Jeeves again. He came back with lots of ways to find a job. Always useful after a major program crashes. >Previously I would have found out what X was in a reference book and then looked in >the appropriate reference source for that category. But does this limit your questions to those that have answers in reference books. >The other way to go about it is to ask someone else - this is a very productive >protocol (and knowing you lot I bet you get asked a lot of questions too) and will >converge quicker than google where youa re often tempted from the straight and narrow >(quite literaly) You must have very knowledgeable colleagues, or ask simple questions ;-) I sometimes post questions to news groups, as an act of desperation. derek -- Derek M Jones tel: +44 (0) 1252 520 667 Knowledge Software Ltd mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Applications Standards Conformance Testing http://www.knosof.co.uk - Automatic footer for [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe discuss To join the announcements list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe announce To receive a help file, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] help This list is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40ppig.org/ If you have any problems or questions, please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
