[WikiEN-l] The boundaries of OR (contd)
Ray Saintonge
saintonge at telus.net
Thu Dec 21 22:39:00 UTC 2006
Thomas Dalton wrote:
>>A while back I wrote about a self-publicising vanity author. One of
>>the details I'd liked to have note was the complete (or near-complete)
>>absence of his books in public library catalogues, but it's almost
>>impossible to actually find a way to cite a "negative search" much
>>less a positive result...
>>
>>
>Indeed, that would end up being OR - quite simple OR, but OR all the
>same. It's annoying when you know something that apparently no-one has
>published, but there isn't much we can do about it. (Unless you happen
>to be an expert on the subject and can publish it yourself)
>
You can't make the real problem in an article go away by writing the
letters "OR" on a post-it note, and sticking it on. That's being
simplistic.
Ec
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