Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 10:12:53 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: mirror site Message-ID: <20050712141253.GB28996@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i 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 seems to be out-of-date for some period of time, that could mean that 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 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/