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> ***this may sound harsh, but one way would be to avoid answering
> posts for which the answers could easily be found in a decent >academic
library.
Actually it sounds more than harsh. If everyone had acess to a
"decent academic library" it probably wouldn't be, but many don't have
access to a decent library. I've seen and experienced faculity members
asking for research materials to present in their courses where I
live. Some universities have sold part of the library resources
reducing their libraries to a tenth of what it had been. The city I'm
living in is a captial city but again unfortunately not all countries
have readily available resources. Hopefully those who complain about
questions will never have to ask anyone a question about anything -
including being in a foreign country and wanting to know how the
system works. Remember this list is International.
Now if you excuse me I'm going back to enjoy the discussion on slow
motion.