From: Ka-Ping Yee (pingster@ilm.com)
Date: Sun Jul 02 2000 - 13:02:46 PDT
On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Meltsner, Kenneth wrote:
> Okay, why does everything I'm interested in seem to end up at UC Irvine? I
> mention Placeless Documents and it turns out that Dourish is joining the UCI
> faculty. Now, I go to look at the InfoLab pages (at Northwestern) and the
> FAQFinder has migrated west as well.
I don't get it. What's the big deal about FAQFinder?
I tried some sample questions:
"How often do solar eclipses occur?"
- Solaris2_FAQ
- open-look_02-deskset
- comp-sys-sun-faq
- open-look_01-general
- inn-faq
0 for 5.
"How much data does a DVD-ROM hold?"
- meteorology_cdroms
- microcontroller-faq_COP8
- commodore_8bit-emulation-faq
- modems_ZyXEL_FAQ
- sci_Satellite-Imagery-FAQ
0 for 5.
"Where can i get a computer power supply?"
- autos_audio
- car-audio
- games_cosmic-encounter-faq
- medicine_powerlines-cancer-faq
- model-rockets_BAR
0 for 5.
"Is OpenBSD more secure than Linux?"
- linux_meta-faq
- linux_info-sheet
- wais-faq_freeWAIS-sf
- alt-2600_faq
- computer-security_ssl-talk-faq
Also 0 for 5 (the Linux stuff says nothing about security,
and the security stuff says nothing about Linux or OpenBSD).
Then i tried Google:
frequency of solar eclipses: first link answers the question
DVD-ROM hold data: first link answers the question
"computer power supply": first link answers the question
OpenBSD more secure Linux: first link answers the question
I don't understand. Eight people worked on this, the project's
been going for five years, and all it can give me is links to FAQs
that are irrelevant to my question? Am i missing something?
-- ?!ng
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