Re: [newbie] How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
On Monday 23 Sep 2002 10:40 pm, you wrote: On Mon, 2002-09-23 at 22:00, iggy wrote: I've been reading the documentation for mandrake 9.0 rc2 and came across this little gem of a linkat http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html . I thought I'd share it with everyone as I can state, definatele, I've been guilty of these. Maybe I'm not the only one :^) It has value up to a point, but is too rigid and is ignorant of people with abilities different to those of the author. It reminds me of the frightful proscriptive grammar textbooks used when education was a little less enlightened. For example, Write in clear, grammatical, correctly-spelled language sounds wonderful until someone who is dyslexic wants to ask a question, for example; not everyone's strength is in the written form of a language, and one has to be forgiving. To say nothing of those whose first language is not English Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
On Mon, 2002-09-23 at 22:00, iggy wrote: I've been reading the documentation for mandrake 9.0 rc2 and came across this little gem of a linkat http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html . I thought I'd share it with everyone as I can state, definatele, I've been guilty of these. Maybe I'm not the only one :^) --- It has value up to a point, but is too rigid and is ignorant of people with abilities different to those of the author. It reminds me of the frightful proscriptive grammar textbooks used when education was a little less enlightened. For example, Write in clear, grammatical, correctly-spelled language sounds wonderful until someone who is dyslexic wants to ask a question, for example; not everyone's strength is in the written form of a language, and one has to be forgiving. Alastair signature.asc - Thank you Alastair...I agree. I love this interaction that goes on here. Makes me feel like I have a whole bunch of friends out there who are a kind of family. Most of us have asked dumb questions, I know I sure have. If we adhered to the letter of the rules as outlined in the Smart Way to ask, this wouldn't be near as much fun. ;-) Everyone is at a different of ability, and understanding. IMHO, at least. --Angus Live for today...but with a hope for tomorrow.--A.A. Reg. Linux User #278931 -- __ Download the FREE Opera browser at www.opera.com/download/ Free OperaMail at http://www.operamail.com/ Powered by Outblaze Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
I've been reading the documentation for mandrake 9.0 rc2 and came across this little gem of a linkat http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html . I thought I'd share it with everyone as I can state, definatele, I've been guilty of these. Maybe I'm not the only one :^) Still RTFM! -iggy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
On Mon, 2002-09-23 at 22:00, iggy wrote: I've been reading the documentation for mandrake 9.0 rc2 and came across this little gem of a linkat http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html . I thought I'd share it with everyone as I can state, definatele, I've been guilty of these. Maybe I'm not the only one :^) It has value up to a point, but is too rigid and is ignorant of people with abilities different to those of the author. It reminds me of the frightful proscriptive grammar textbooks used when education was a little less enlightened. For example, Write in clear, grammatical, correctly-spelled language sounds wonderful until someone who is dyslexic wants to ask a question, for example; not everyone's strength is in the written form of a language, and one has to be forgiving. Alastair signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [newbie] How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
On Monday 23 September 2002 05:40 pm, Alastair Scott wrote: On Mon, 2002-09-23 at 22:00, iggy wrote: I've been reading the documentation for mandrake 9.0 rc2 and came across this little gem of a linkat http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html . I thought I'd share it with everyone as I can state, definatele, I've been guilty of these. Maybe I'm not the only one :^) It has value up to a point, but is too rigid and is ignorant of people with abilities different to those of the author. It reminds me of the frightful proscriptive grammar textbooks used when education was a little less enlightened. For example, Write in clear, grammatical, correctly-spelled language sounds wonderful until someone who is dyslexic wants to ask a question, for example; not everyone's strength is in the written form of a language, and one has to be forgiving. Alastair Point well taken. BTW, did you notice any spelling mistakes in my original post? following the smart-questions essay, I'd at least be ignored, or worse. Here's hoping I never get to busy to be polite. -iggy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] How to ask questions the smart way.
I found this link on another mailing list. It should be required reading for all... http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#AEN353 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
on 9/11/01 8:23 AM, Sridhar Dhanapalan at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey folks, Eric S. Raymond, the writer of The Cathedral and the Bazaar and co-founder of the Open Source Initiative, has written a little article explaining how to ask questions over Internet fora like mailing lists, newsgroups and IRC: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html I've actually found the more you follow these guidelines the less likely you are to get an answer. The most open ended, incomplete questions tend to get the most attention on all forums I frequent. I'm not really sure why. Matt _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
coz everybody assumes if u can get that far u already know enough to answer ur own q - Original Message - From: Matt Greer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 3:59 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] How To Ask Questions The Smart Way on 9/11/01 8:23 AM, Sridhar Dhanapalan at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey folks, Eric S. Raymond, the writer of The Cathedral and the Bazaar and co-founder of the Open Source Initiative, has written a little article explaining how to ask questions over Internet fora like mailing lists, newsgroups and IRC: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html I've actually found the more you follow these guidelines the less likely you are to get an answer. The most open ended, incomplete questions tend to get the most attention on all forums I frequent. I'm not really sure why. Matt _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
On Tuesday 11 September 2001 10:11, you wrote: coz everybody assumes if u can get that far u already know enough to answer ur own q But if you can get that far you're also smart enough to realize you need help. If someone follows those guidelines then that shows they're asking their question as a last resort. It reminds me of the old usenet saying. If you need information from usenet, don't post a question. Post inaccurate information. Matt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
At 08:59 AM 9/11/01, you wrote: on 9/11/01 8:23 AM, Sridhar Dhanapalan at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey folks, snipity snip snip I've actually found the more you follow these guidelines the less likely you are to get an answer. The most open ended, incomplete questions tend to get the most attention on all forums I frequent. I'm not really sure why. I have not read this yet, but; I for one need all the HELP I can muster, even do not know how to ask most questions I need answers with/for. I rather LURK and let others ask them for me, I get better answers and for some reason understand them better as well. Matt Also one other thingy, I cannot post incomplete questions nor give any inaccurate information, I do NOT know any. TIA, 'd' [EMAIL PROTECTED] San Antonio, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
Hey folks, Eric S. Raymond, the writer of The Cathedral and the Bazaar and co-founder of the Open Source Initiative, has written a little article explaining how to ask questions over Internet fora like mailing lists, newsgroups and IRC: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. There are two major products that come from Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence. -- Jeremy S. Anderson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
