Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 15:05:37 -0400
> From: Brian Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> actually it's more the nature of our existance - nothing can be
> guaranteed with absolute certainty, so you need to check everything...
>
> But that's why we have computers--to check things for us.
>
> You can't check everything, but it doesn't follow that we shouldn't
> try to check what we can.
but why bother trying to have the computer check? "You can't check
everything" automatically, which mean's you have to use the usual methods to
make sure your message got through anyway due to the things you can't check
for. One good solution to this whole thing is use return reciepts, then if
you don't get a return reciept in a timely fashon then you'll know to use
another form of communication to check.. the person could just simply not
be checking their e-mail, or you could've mistyped the address, or a million
other things, so you just plain can't depend on the system, but the more
checks you put in, the more you make the system _look_ perfect, the more
easy you make it for users to assume that is _is_ perfect...
-Brian
