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Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 10:12:53 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: mirror site
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On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 01:39:11PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
>----Original Message----
>>From: zzapper
>>Sent: 12 July 2005 12:16
>
>> On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 23:36:24 -0400,  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>>> The last paragraph on that page states "If a site is listed here that
>>>> seems to be out-of-date for some period of time, that could mean that
>>>> there is a problem. Contact sourcemaster at this site to report this
>>>> potential problem. sourcemaster is also the place to send requests to
>>>> be added to this list."    
>>>> 
>>>> See the last sentence.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thank you David.  If I could give out a gold star, I would do so! :-)
>>> This is not to denigrate Rong-En Fan.  It's just a compliment to David.
>>> It saved me the need to make the same point. :-)
>> 
>> Increasingly we skim read on the Internet, the last sentence of the above
>> page is a good example of how an important piece of info is
>> "skim-hidden", ideally would be a separate paragraph 
>
>http://cygwin.com/acronyms#PTC!
>
>  Gotta admit, I read that page over and over and still didn't spot it.

Yeah, I have to admit that I'm in Pittsburgh this week and got lost trying
to find the bathroom.  They really should do something about that.  I also
had a hard time finding a Dunkin' Donuts and I really need coffee.

I'm preparing a letter to the mayor now.

cgf

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