-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 02/18/07 15:02, Joe Hart wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> On Sun, Feb 18, 2007 at 08:07:36AM +0100, Joe Hart wrote: >>> Sorry, my ignorance. >> Why sorry? What better reason to ask the question? > >> -- hendrik > > > Sorry, just trying to follow Eric S. Raymond's advice. Don't ask > questions until you've RTFM or STFW. I mean really, CNC is clearly in > the wikipedia. If I had of bothered looking I would have known.
Certain TLAs are so general-looking that you just don't think to look it up, because you figure that you'll get jillions of bogus responses. > I think a lot of the questions that are asked in this mailing list could > be self answered, but it seems that there are a lot of people who never > bother looking for an answer when then think a guru will take time from > their precious day to reply. Well, that's true. > But then again, old advice from a teacher: You'll never know the answer > unless you ask. Yes, but ask who (or what)? An "expert"? Which reference? Yourself? > Which advice to follow? Oh I'm so confused :) (not really) My advice? There *are* stupid questions: those that you can answer yourself with just a modicum of neural effort. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFF2MUsS9HxQb37XmcRAoOpAKCvNsj2a6JUwuF9sL6F84HveZldpwCg35Ug 9uRr2nbYVIStivIuE+bxy8I= =MeSb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]