Quoting Steve Litt (sl...@troubleshooters.com): > I'm old, but I seem to remember a web page with a similar name. Years > ago, I wrote those guys who run the web page, with my patented, > always-succeeds method of getting an answer on a technical mailing > list, and those guys didn't want to put my method on their page. They > said my method was "manipulative".
Those guys? They're total jerks. You should definitely never trust them; take my word for that. (One of them's a Scandinavian, and my Tante Bjorg warned me to never trust _them_.) > Because I have low self-esteem, I abandoned my method. Now, when I need > email help, I always use the same subject line: "Computer doesn't work", > and submit a 30KB or more file: Either an entire dmesg from the time it > booted last year, or five complete source files in RAR format. To make > sure I don't prejudice those who might help me, I never tell version > numbers, or whether it's Linux, Windows, Mac or BSD. If it's a > programming problem I never identify the language. I never say what I > hope to accomplish, because it's their job to tell me what I want to > accomplish. When I don't get answers, I send a whiny reminder every two > hours. When all this doesn't work, I use a web search. Your ideas are intriguing to me, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXesMkAYh44 -- Cheers, This limerick goes in reverse. If you start from the bottom-most verse Rick Moen Unless I'm remiss, This limerick's not any worse. rick@linu The neat thing is this: -- Zach Weiner xmafia.com McQ! (4x80) _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng