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RE: End users in space (WAS: The Origins of Techwriting)
Subject:RE: End users in space (WAS: The Origins of Techwriting) From:"McClain, Bill" <BMcClain -at- centura -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 15 Nov 2000 15:18:57 -0500
If there's an ASCII version, they could just transmit the stuff up.
Obviously, graphics and prettification would need a /lot/ more bandwidth.
Bill McClain
("Writers are always selling somebody out." - Joan Didion)
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From: Jane Bergen [mailto:jane -dot- bergen -at- usa -dot- net]
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 3:18 PM
To: BMcClain -at- centura -dot- com; TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: End users in space (WAS: The Origins of Techwriting)
Imagine getting "up there" and suddenly realizing the CD drive ate your
CD, or it got scratched, or....
There's always something to be said for having a "Plan B" --- especially
when it comes to relying on documentation.
Jane
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From: <BMcClain -at- centura -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 12:58 PM
Subject: RE: End users in space (WAS: The Origins of Techwriting)
> If they actually use paper rather than CD-ROMs, I wonder why they'd
accept
> the weight penalty....
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