On Friday 23 November 2001 04:36, Brian Nelson wrote: > Craig Dickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Yes, and newbies are also users, so their questions are appropriate in > > this forum. > > So you're saying newbie questions are appropriate...
Very much so! > But no one wants to read newbie questions. So why are they > appropriate if no one wants to read them? They're deb users right? > Personally, I don't think there's anything wrong with newbies banding > together and trying to answer each other's questions. Sounds like it > would be a great learning experience. Were you born that short sighted & elitist or do you have to practice? They're probably having the most dificult time with computers since they started using them or even THE MOST difficult time with a computer. They are finding the fundmentals of their venture into Linux/UNIX dis-information, mis-understood concepts & bad practices started now can make for major problems latter. Guess what, you've just proposed the best wat to propergate dis-information & bad practices while also promoting mis-understood concepts. > Newbies are nothing more than impatient learners. I don't understand > why it's so important to help them on this list. See above, & cause they're the next generation of users. Is it to much to ask to give a guying hand, a > I think it's more helpful to not help them, just point them toward the docs > and let them help themselves. It will make for a far better Debian > experience for them in the long run. You mean man pages.. RTFM, well I've RTFM & for the first 6 month of linux I typicaly was more confused AFTER reading the man pages than before. They require a level of knolage & understanding and often newbies DON'T have that. > Besides, those Outlook attributions are so god damn annoying. They > polute the list and make my eyes hurt. Do something about it then, help people no NOT use outlook. Ani
