On (30 Oct 02) Russell Tiedt wrote to Carol Shenkenberger...

Hello Russell,


 RT> Why I asked the question about the FAQ/How-To thingy in the first
 RT> place. If we have a well written, non-ambiguos document, detailing how
 RT> to list nodelist segments with liberal examples, all of which fit
 RT> within current FTSC
 RT> standards, and circulate it widely, it will be read, and if it is well
 RT> written, those reading it will take it seriously. Then when problems
 RT> are found with a node segment, refer the people to the document, if
 RT> you can get them to read it fully, you will have won half the battle.

Just be sure it /IS/ readable. The problem with many documents, FAQs
and other such things technical in Fidonet is that they /ARE NOT/
readable by the general masses. The FTSC documents are well written,
but I don't understand them worth a hoot. When they start talking
about formulas and placements in hex and such, I get lost real fast.
If I'm supposed to put a comma as the first character, tell me to put
a comma as the first character. Do not tell me to insert the hex 2C or
decimal 44 as the first character, followed by the numeric designation
for the address in the range of 00000-999999. :)

IOW, make it readable by the general public, not just the programmers.

Ok, that's my $.02... Change, please. :)


Frank

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