[r-t] various

[Richard Smith]

Sorry ... I see Philip's already posted almost exactly the 
same as this.  (A mail configuration problem meant I missed 
some mail yesterday.)

RAS

Richard Smith wrote:

> Robin Woolley wrote:
>
>> Quite right BUT! Having never seen a line for Gluon, I thought I'd try my 
>> usual blue-line printer - but the p.n. wasn't there. I found it easily, 
>> however, in the provisionally named section of the 'most' official site - 
>> methods.org.uk.
>
> But it's hidden away in a hard-to-find corner of the site, and doesn't appear 
> in main part of the collection or its index.  I went to methods.org.uk and 
> saw the following the link
>
>  [Fast and friendly method collections] Find the place
>  notation and other information about any method quickly
>  and easily. Answer questions like “What is X Major?” or
>  “Has Y been used as a method name?”
>
> As "What is Gluon Max" was my question, that seemed the obvious link to 
> follow.  You get taken to this page:
>
>  http://methods.org.uk/online/collects.htm
>
> I know Gluon quite well, and I was pretty sure I knew it was a Little 
> Alliance Max method (even though I would suggest those classes are pretty 
> meaningless for it).  So I went straight to the Alliance Royal and higher 
> stages collection. Not there.
>
>  http://methods.org.uk/online/al10.htm
>
> Perhaps I was mistaken about it being an Alliance method, I thought.  So I 
> went to the 'All class method index' page
>
>  http://methods.org.uk/online/gblind1.htm
>
> Still no sign of Gluon.
>
> In fact, it's hidden away on a page of provisionally named methods, listed 
> under 'Supplementary Methods Collections'. (A page on which, I note, Tony 
> Smith claims copyright -- not the Methods Committee -- Tony personally.)
>
>
> RAS