DON'T MULTI-POST (was: Beginner looking for advice)

Cat wrote:
Please excuse the beginner questions;
this is my first attempt at etching a PCB.

Your use of Usenet
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:3uMiDBcerS8J:en.wikilib.com/wiki/Usenet+follow-Usenet-customs-and-*-rules+*-a-service-for-*-*-*-*+hide-the-fact-*-*-*-they-are-*-on-Usenet+concerns-*-*-*-*-about-the-Google-interface+what.is.wrong+*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-is-now-legendary+*-*-savvy+Google-cannot-muster-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*+*-*-policed&strip=1
needs improvement.
If you feel *compelled* to ask the same question
in MULTIPLE newsgroups, *this* is the prefered technique:
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:qHhBKJ-sXKYJ:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-post+adequately.answered+corrected+with.commas+individually+Disclaimers+*-*-*-marked-as-Read-in-ALL-*-groups+Newsgroups.line

Your technique
http://groups.google.com/groups/search?q=Beginner.looking&enc_author=OrLpAxIAAACGd0H-OBIFtHzCTseL62EG8rhlH0Pnl47z4AZhN98BFg&scoring=d&filter=0
is selfish and inefficient.

The last half of this thread explains WHY
and fleshes out the (more acceptable) cross-posting paradigm:
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.electronics.basics/browse_frm/thread/7b7c0624331012bb/3958f18673b5f374?q=EVERY-group-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-appear+*-proper-answer-*-*-*-given+much-easier-*-*-*-*-*-*-*+*-frowned-on+*-correcting+*-Followup-To-*+*-*-_perfect_-*-*-*-*+*-*-*-too-lazy-*-*-*-*-*-appropriate-*+*-polite-*-mention-*-*-*-*-*-*-*+Just-because-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-does-not-mean-*-*-*-*-*-*+mark-*-*-*-*-all-*-groups+*-*-*-*-two-groups-*-*-aren't-*-different

The last post in that thread hints at why (clueless) Google Groupers
are so reviled by the majority of Usenet readers (who use a
"newsreader").

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