16 Aug
2006
16 Aug
'06
2:54 p.m.
Of 75 emails this morning, 44 (including 4 of mine) were on the subject of
PDP-8 memory. From those only two provided any information on the subject.
A few were well off track. Signal to noise -13db! In any other media
that far down in the noise would be an unreadable signal.
Oh come on....
Firstly, this is, as I am sure you agree, not a list to provide answers
to members questions. It's a discussion list. So of course topics are
going to drift (alas they sometimes drift too far in odd directions, and
I'll admit to causing that sometimes)
Secondly, we don't know what you know. Both in the sense that you are a
very experienced hacker, and have more knowledge on many subjects than
the rest of us. And in the sense that even if we both know something, I
don't know that you know it. So of course there'll be messages that
'state the obvious'.
And finally, if somebody makes a statement that you believe to be in
error it is, I think, sensible to explain why you think it's wrong. That
way we all learn something.
-tony