Re: Ping Kevin Aylward - re your "scientific paper"

From: Don Pearce (donald_at_pearce.uk.com)
Date: 09/18/04 

Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 19:10:28 GMT

On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 19:07:22 GMT, "Kevin Aylward"
<salesEXTRACT@anasoft.co.uk> wrote:

>> That would certainly be true for something dashed off quickly, like a
>> Usenet post, but not for a web page that has doubtless gone through
>> several revisions before publishing.
>
>Nope.
>
>I write quickly and post it. I don't do much checking. Writing is just a
>necessary evil that one needs to do to get things out. Writing excellent
>prose is just not something that has much interest for me.

When you post a paper on a web page, you are publishing. That sort of
attitude is simply not good enough and it reflects very poorly on the
content. It is not simply that the prose is poor - it is impenetrable.
Unfortunately the actual content, when you have battled your way
through, is not worth the effort.

d
Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

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