starterguide

Felix Miata mrmazda at ij.net
Sat Jun 3 22:23:44 UTC 2006


On 06/06/03 17:18 (GMT-0400) Derek Broughton apparently typed:

> Felix Miata wrote:

>> On 06/06/03 16:31 (GMT-0400) Thiers Botelho apparently typed:

>>> On 6/3/06, Felix Miata <mrmazda at ij.net> wrote:

>>>> On 06/06/03 13:25 (GMT-0400) Bas van Gils apparently typed:

>>>> > for two of my boxes I used the startersguide [1] but I get a 404 on
>>>> > that now. where'd it go?

>>> I noticed you've split off from the original thread, it seems you
>>> re-typed the subject instead of "really" replying and missed the
>>> middle _s_ in startersguide.

> He _did_ reply.  It's still threaded.

>>> As a result there's now 2 threads. I replied to the other one which
>>> seems to be the original.

>>> Posting from the archives ?    ;)

>> Nope, matching the subject to the original content:
>> http://help.ubuntu.com/starterguide/. Someone searching the archives is
>> likely going to be looking for whatever by its correct spelling, which
>> will match what will be found by Google or the URL.

> But it _really_ doesn't matter - google will still find the original,
> because it has the URL in it.  Google doesn't just index by subject, or
> we'd never find half the useful stuff!

Some people go directly to list archives and use the search functions
they provide, which typically aren't so smart, making you search through
a choice of topic, date, or author, ignoring the content itself
-- 
"All have sinned & fall short of the glory of God." Romans 3:23 NIV

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