- From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 17:12:10 -0500
- To: Dan Brickley <danbri@danbri.org>
- Cc: Toby A Inkster <mail@tobyinkster.co.uk>, Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.fi>, WHATWG Mailinglist <whatwg@whatwg.org>, RDFa Developers <public-rdf-in-xhtml-tf@w3.org>
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Dan Brickley <danbri@danbri.org> wrote: > On 20/5/09 22:54, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: >> >> On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 2:35 AM, Toby A Inkster<mail@tobyinkster.co.uk> >> wrote: > >> And yet, given an example use of the vocabulary, I'm quite certain I >> can easily find the page I want describing the vocab, even when there >> are overlaps in prefixes such as with "bio". >> >> FYN is nearly never necessary for humans. We have the intelligence to >> craft search queries and decide which returned result is correct. > > What happens in practice is that many of these perfectly intelligent humans > ask in email or IRC questions that are clearly answered directly in the > relevant documentation. You can lead humans to the documentation, but you > can't make 'em read... This is an unfortunate reality, and one which cannot be cured simply be embedding a url reasonably close to the location. I humbly suggest using www.lmgtfy.com to chastise the lazy bums while remaining helpful. ^_^ ~TJ
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