[WikiEN-l] The boundaries of OR (contd)

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