Probably a stupid question... name-->method lookup

Mark Jackson mjackson at wrc.xerox.com
Sat Aug 25 11:03:58 EDT 2001


xaahz at panix.com (Aahz Maruch) writes:
> In article <9m1n6p$bs0c8$1 at ID-11957.news.dfncis.de>,
> Emile van Sebille <emile at fenx.com> wrote:
> >
> >new mantra:  If you want to know the right way to do something, post a
> >response showing the wrong way to do it.  - Always works.  ;-)
> 
> Yes.  Here's my standard quote on the subject:
> 
>     The best way to get information on Usenet is not to ask a question, but
>     to post the wrong information.  --Aahz
> 
> Some people refer to that as Aahz's Law.  ;-)

Note that Aahz's Law does not necessarily imply van Sebille's Mantra;
more explicitly:

    The best way to get information (which may or may not include
    correct information) on Usenet is not to ask a question, but to post
    the wrong information.

-- 
Mark Jackson - http://www.alumni.caltech.edu/~mjackson
	Don't talk to the crazy people on the street, even though
	they may seem fun to be with.
	    - /CityPack, New York/ Chinese language edition (1996)





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