Re: installation, Linux source code
On 2004-03-12, John Hasler penned:
> Chris Metzler writes:
>> Pick a specific topic that you're *expert* in, compared to the
>> general /. population. Find in the archives and read a discussion on
>> that topic. Look at the +3, +4 and +5 posts only. Do you really
>> find them that impressive? My bet is that the answer will be "no."
>
> Now do likewise for the general media. The difference? The articles
> are always written in an authoritative tone, and there is _no_
> discussion and _no_ comments.
I have to agree with this. When I realize that none of the articles I
read about networking, email, software development, etc are truly
accurate, I have to assume that articles about other subjects are just
as distorted. And as early as high school journalism, I realized that
every article has slant, no matter how hard the author works at being
objective.
The only way to even attempt to get an accurate picture of anything is
to view as many resources as possible with your BS detector on high
sensitivity.
I've actually quite often found links to useful software, neat tricks,
etc as a result of reading the comments, not just the story.
--
monique
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