Help and Support

[Gene E. Bloch]

On Fri, 09 Mar 2012 11:31:01 -0800, Gene E. Bloch


I'm the one who started this thread (or at least this branch of the
thread) and by now I'm sorry that I did <g> My feelings on the
subject haven't changed, but they aren't strong enough that I want to
argue about it. Moreover, regardless of how strong my feelings are, I
almost never want to argue in a newsgroup. I say my piece and I'm
done.

So I suggest to all of you--let's end the thread here.

One last post to agree with you, in fact with all your points above.
OTOH, though I also try to stay out of arguments, I have been known
occasionally to fail spectacularly at that.

But don't be too sorry - IMO, it's been a bit of fun, at least for some
of us.

 

[KCB]

If you read the link Nil provided, you'll find "most bookstore chains
didn't want to carry the book at all, claiming that the title insulted
their customers and readers in general." So initially (and I find the
first was DOS, by Dan Gookin), the perception was quite widespread
("most").

I suspect the alliteration in the original title was what attracted the
authors/publishers, and once that had become established, the brand grew.
I still, however, see both sides of the argument: I remember, when giving
one of them to mum, having to say something like "I'm not saying you're a
dummy, but I think you'll enjoy this book" (which she did); if the title
hadn't been what it was, I wouldn't have had to say that.

When you cite that "...the title insulted their customers...", you're
talking about YEARS ago. The series is now well established and available
at any book store.

 

[Stan Brown]

Thanks for those, but since they wrapped badly here, for everyone's
convenience, I'll provide TinyURLs for both.

http://tinyurl.com/6qzplpp for #1
http://tinyurl.com/7o9j5ku for #2

Thanks to you both. It only took me three weeks to download the one
and add the other to my bookmarks. :-( But they look to be extremely
helpful!