On 11/05/07, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Often important in that it can get a lot of
people who don't agree
> with oneself and those one usually works with, and show that one may
> be wrong after all.
That's certainly the idea, but it isn't very
effective at doing that.
I don't doubt that it does work sometimes, but not nearly as often as
it should.
I've seen a lot of "slam dunk" RFCs that proved to, er, not be. Tony
Sidaway got some great ones. I think Tony Sidaway 3 sets the record
for stupidest RFC I've seen on the wiki.
- d.