On Thursday 05 March 2009 16:30:54 Orcan Ogetbil wrote: > ... which I find disturbing. It is really hard for a new contributor > to get used to the jargons used in these email lists, to the point > where it becomes discouraging, sometimes. And where do you stop explaining all the terms? What is the lowest level that you assume for your readers? If you come from the academic world and you entering a new area the scenario above is precisely what you find, some incomprehensible jargon and a strange reasoning. :-) What in this list has worked until now is to ask if you don't understand what is the context. This is a friendly list and I don't remember answers like RTFM (read the fine manual). As a general rule there is always someone that either answers or at least provides places where to find more details. -- Jos? Ab?lio
