On 16 Oct 98, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> There is always a first time for everything. You can create a heck
> of a lot of web sites and not know how to register your domain name. I
> didn't learn about cookies till just recently, and haven't done much with
> frames. I do Perl and use that to generate huge disposable sites for
> special purposes. And other things.
>
> Besides, are we sure this fellow is in America? Other nations have
> other policies; and even in America, the policies of what is acceptable
> will vary from ISP to ISP.
>
> It is only by sharing what we are good at, and by prompting others to
> share with us all what they are good at, that we create this "family", as
> some call it, that teaches us the latest stuff, and helps us come up to
> speed in areas we are weak in.
I agree with all your points entirely.
I've been at this Web stuff for quite awhile -- full-time gig since 1995 --
and had a fairly strong computer and publishing background coming into it.
But it still happens at least monthly that I'll confront topics -- especially
anything relating to Web servers and protocols themselves -- about which
I discover I know absolutely nothing. Though I may know quite a lot
about other aspects. None of us are world-class experts on every Web-
related subject: it's just not possible. Too broad a field.
I'm also glad of any gentle reminders that we're all here on the *World*
Wide Web, not some regional North American online service. Access to
modern hardware, cheap connections and reliable telco services are things
those of us in the West largely take for granted, but it just ain't so for
many other users in the world.
And if someone's first language isn't English, problems in phrasing can
unfortunately make legitimate questions sound somewhat simple-minded,
just because of their awkward execution; whereas old hands can ask their
own "stupid questions" in a witty, self-deprecating way that will get
sympathetic replies.
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Brent Eades, Almonte, Ontario
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