Brendon M. Troy wrote:
> "Maggie" <[email protected]> wrote
> > A wonderful person on this NG sent me in the right direction to
> bring
> > my search to a fruitful end. He sent me to the Amazon book
> site
> >
> > I guess googling is not the way to go at all times.
>
> I hate to appear to be flaming you here, but I'm afraid you're
> operating under a lot of misconceptions that are keeping you from
> living a much easier and more efficient life - namely, that
> google is not always the answer - while technically true, the
> instances of google not being the answer are so few and far
> between, they're almost religious events ;-) To wit, had you
> googled "white tiger" "chinese story", "White Tiger, Blue
> Serpent" by Grace Tseng - the book to which I assume you are
> referring - would've been the *first* result. I'm assuming that's
> how this wonderful person got his/her knowledge. I say this again
> not to flame you, but to hopefully lead you down a wonderful path
> in which you find information quickly, efficiently, and (most
> importantly) independently for yourself. It'll be great, I
> promise!
>
> -Brendon
Plonk is a Usenet slang term for adding a particular person to one's
kill file. It can be used as a verb to describe the action, or appended
to the end of one's Usenet post to publicly demonstrate that you have
added a person to your kill file.
Thank you for teaching me my word of the day from your previous post.
I don't know if I will ever use it. But darn, I know what it means now.
By this time next year I will know all those Kewl computer slang words
and I will be right up there with all those computer savvy posters
that toss around words that the general poluation never heard of in
their dull offline life. Next time I am at a party I will toss some
usenet words out and discover who is a computer geek spending days
discussing "whatever" online. I know this is a happy face.
I know this is a sad face :-( and I know this is a wind ;-)
Here is a wink for you Brendon. ;-) Sorry if I aggravated you. I do
that to many people. I think I was born to say the wrong thing at the
wrong time and in the wrong place.
All good things
Maggie...
PS...I like Google...but I really prefer the library. I especially love
to ask questions of intelligent people so they can elaborate and fill
me with knowledge. Is that so bad? And the guy who does my nails is
Chinese, he has done my nails for 15 years and he teaches me alot about
Chinese culture. Thursday is my appointment. I will ask him about the
book and the story. Just to see what he thinks of it.