Quoting G Karunakar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> >
> > 2. Second and more important one is there are all types of people in the
> > list, Gurus, Intermediate and Novice. Its good to have Gurus on the list
> > but what could happen to list if they start behaving arrogant? I am not
> > talking about this particular thread, i have experienced few others of
> > similar type and thought to raise it this time. e.g what happens if
> > someone ask what is a hosts file? I can bet there would be many in the
> > list who would start bashing on him/her. Is't this kind of behaviour
> > dangerous for community especially for community like GNU/Linux, whose
> > base is on Freedom!
> 
> blame it on the search engines!.. ever since they started giving near
> required answer/solution.. asking on the list has never been the
> same.. so its become kind of expected that one has searched for the
> solution a bit & then asked unable to find any suitable info through
> search...  so asking 'what is a hosts file' on google & getting
> answers in seconds is kind of simpler than asking on a list and
> waiting few mins/hrs for a response..
>  offcourse the 'RTFM' has already been kind of forgotten since the
> engines came!..

or you could try to join more friendly lists like mumbai or chennai - much more
off topic stuff there, but no one will bite your head off



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