I understand the argument of "teach a something how to fish and they will blah, blah, blah..." I read the bible too. But if you come here and have not tried any other resource in the first place then, that is where the problem lies. Kids today are being poorly thought how to research.
- Vic -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Rodolfo J. Paiz Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 12:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Linux Newbie - what's the point of newsgroups? On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 18:11, Victor wrote: > Ok, I see this shit all the time, go search Google go do this go do > that.... And in most cases, such an answer is perfectly warranted since: (a) the responder may not know the answer, but is trying to help the original poster _find_ the answer (b) this community, as someone else noted, is somewhat more mature than those frequented by newbie MS admins, and its members are expected to try to help themselves, before asking others to solve their problems (for free, I might add) (c) most people here believe in "teaching a man/woman to fish" rather than "handing out free fish". Personally, those people who told me to search Google and suggested (as rvelez did) specific search terms not only helped me to find that one answer but helped me to find my own answers more easily the next time around > What the hell is the point of mailing lists if the people that know how > to fix the problems are too lazy to help those in need? Well, for starters the point of any mailing list is whatever its members want it to be. If you disagree with the feelings of the majority in this particular community, you are free to leave it. If you do not feel there is "a point" to this mailing list, then obviously it is a worthless resource to you and you should discontinue its use. Otherwise, kindly respect the choices the majority has made. And one of those choices is to require (sometimes) that a person posting a question show a modicum of interest in helping him or herself by at least trying the obvious resources before asking a "duh" question and bothering 10,000 or 15,000 people. (Of course, they may still get an answer... they just shouldn't count on it.) > This is the way it's supposed to be. No, sir; that is the way _YOU_ as an individual believe it's supposed to be. Your desire to cram your opinions down everyone else's virtual throat (violently and crassly, I might add) is distinctly more distasteful than even any 'get the fuck out' response. Which, by the way, was not the tone of rvelez's response, but which by now _you_ richly deserve. Most other responses to you have been much more civil; kindly take your example from them. > Makes me sick. <grin> Awwwwwww... -- Rodolfo J. Paiz [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
