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Subject:RE: Where does Documentation belong? From:mlist -at- ca -dot- rainbow -dot- com To:isaacr -at- mailsnare -dot- net, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Tue, 10 Feb 2004 09:30:53 -0500
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Isaac Rabinovitch [mailto:isaacr -at- mailsnare -dot- net]
> Sent: February 9, 2004 5:18 PM
> Goldstein, Dan wrote:
> > Some users find that it makes a good doorstop. And I once
> used a thick
> > user's manual to raise a monitor to eye level.
> Yes, that's a common perception of documentation. But some of
> us have this whimsical
> notion that we write stuff people actually read.
There's medication available to help with that sort of thing.
/kevin (who doesn't even play a psychiatrist on tv)
