Victor Roberts wrote:

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I'm the reverse, I rather see the poster's comments on the
article, ie: why is the information important, why should we
care, is the article full of crap, or whatever. Otherwise,
this group will simply turn into a list of links, like a
google search. <snooze
MTW

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MTW wrote:
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If you feel compelled to post the essence of the article
that is linked you can fee free to do it yourself. The
beauty of the internet is the interconnectedness of
information. I follow links all the time and have learned
many many things by this activity.

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Frederick E. Jorden http://Tax-Accounting-Payroll.com
7825 Midlothian Tpk - 207 Richmond, VA 23235-5247
EMAIL knowtax[at]bigfoot.com
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MTW" <mtwingcpa[at]yahoo.com> wrote:

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associated with posting the whole article, or perhaps even parts.
Also, more text in the message just makes more work for the moderator.
For tax code questions a link would often take you to a larger
document that must be searched to find the answer, and also usually
requires professional interpretation. However, if the link takes the
reader _directly_ to a story on a Web site that does not charge for
access, that seems to be more efficient in bandwidth, time of the
moderator and even time of the reader.

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my interest in an article is not worth the time required to register
at yet another newspaper Web site, but that is my decision at that
time and does not change my opinion that links to news articles are
more useful and efficient than summaries.

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Vic Roberts
Replace xxx with vdr in e-mail address.

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of articles and was chastised for doing so.

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Fourthly. I suggest a dictionary search of "essence".

Fifthly. I give up.

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Frederick Jorden wrote:
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Actually, the part of the suggestion I was seconding was
that the posting contain the essence of the text, rather
than merely a link. After all, the answer to most questions
on this board would otherwise be:

http://uscode.house.gov/search/criteria.php

<grin
MTW

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MTW wrote:
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No one forces you to register. I am at NY Times, and many
other sites. I think they have a right to ask for this for a
free service.

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Frederick E. Jorden http://Tax-Accounting-Payroll.com
7825 Midlothian Tpk - 207 Richmond, VA 23235-5247
EMAIL knowtax[at]bigfoot.com
(804) 320-6210 FAX (804) 320-6211

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I cannot express how much I regret having so inconvenienced
some of the previous posters.

It will not happen again.

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Rick Merrill wrote:

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I'll "second" your suggestion.

MTW

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Rick Merrill wrote:
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Bug Me Not is your friend, and if you use Firefox, you can
get an extension to just right-click and use it.

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"Rick Merrill" <rick0.merrill[at]gmailNO.SPAMcom> wrote:
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Or copy the URL and go to www.bugmenot.com . (Ironically, it
is recommended by the New York Times.)

A

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William Brenner wrote:

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Thanks Bill!

I'll put that on my "must read" list. After youknowwhen. (grin)

ChEAr$$$,
Harlan Lunsford, EA n LA
11 Apr 2005
4 days and counting...... down.....\

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William Brenner wrote:

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Next time please post the essence of the text; the above pointer
requires registration, and some people don't want to do that.

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Moderator:
Registration is free and I have yet to receive any e-mail
from the NY Times. I thought only Harlan was averse to
registering. Of course I registered using Susan's name <g================================================ ============

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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/10/po...rint&position=

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