On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:13:21 -0500, Jim Henderson wrote:

> That's why I use it as a source to see what I should read about - I
> don't just look at the headline (well, usually, I do - and that's what I
> use to determine if I want to read more).  If the story looks
> interesting, then I'll read the referenced article, because /. nearly
> always includes a link to the source article, and that's where the good
> info is.
> 
> IOW, I use it as a news filter for geek-related topics.

Incidentally, this is a similar technique to how I read this forum - I 
just cruised through 300+ messages (been busy with work the past few 
days), so I look at the subject lines, and if the subject looks 
interesting, then I read a few messages.  Stopping every once in a while 
to see if the topic has changed.

Jim

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