ROFLMAO
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From: Chris Stoner
To: CF-Community
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 1:51 PM
Subject: Re: Helping Newbies
Deanna Schneider wrote:
> So, here's the question - if a newbie emails you directly - do you
> answer? For how long?
Deanna Schneider wrote:
>
> So, here's the question - if a newbie emails you directly - do you
> answer? For how long?
Time permitting, I usually do if the subject interests me and the newbie shows some clue. Telling why you can't ask on a mailinglist helps.
Jochem
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> Generally, unless I invite the person to take it off-list,
> I don't
> respond to questions not posted to the list. I used to,
> but then one
> person (who I won't name because I don't remember who he
> is) took
> advantage of that, then got pissy when I told him that I
> needed to get
> back to
y [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 12:53 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Helping Newbies
> Okay, so I answered a question on cf-talk, and the person
> responded to
> me personally with more questions. I answered a few more
> times, then
> politely suggested
Yah, I don't mind mentoring. I try to answer Oracle questions on
cf-talk, cause I think those are more likely to go unanswered, for
instance (and I know it enough to answer, usually). I tend to do a
fair amount of it for our students in-house. And, hell, I've been
known to send Mr Doom a regex que
I think it's ok to help them out. If they want you to do all the work
for them that's one thing but if they are having a hard time grasping
a concept and you fully understand it then I think it's good to
mentor. I know I wish I had a mentor when I was first starting out. I
still sometimes wish I ha
man a fish and all that...
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From: "Deanna Schneider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 10:41 AM
Subject: Helping Newbies
> Okay, so I answered a question on cf-talk, and the perso
Generally, unless I invite the person to take it off-list, I don't
respond to questions not posted to the list. I used to, but then one
person (who I won't name because I don't remember who he is) took
advantage of that, then got pissy when I told him that I needed to get
back to work, and poi
I answer and also point out both the CF-Talk and CF-Newbie lists. With
my schedule, I sometimes don't get back to people for a day or two.
On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 12:41:07 -0500, Deanna Schneider
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Okay, so I answered a question on cf-talk, and the person responded to
>
> m
You made me snort Mountain Dew! Now I am sneezing.
Jerry Johnson
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I always respond to their second question with the following reply:
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Thanks goodness I didn't have a mouthful of coffee when I read this :)
Howie
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From: Chris Stoner
To: CF-Community
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 1:51 PM
Subject: Re: Helping Newbies
Deanna Schneider wrote:
> So, here's the question
ROFLMAO!
> -Original Message-
> From: Chris Stoner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 12:52 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: Helping Newbies
>
> Deanna Schneider wrote:
>
> > So, here's the question - if a newbie emails yo
> Okay, so I answered a question on cf-talk, and the person
> responded to
> me personally with more questions. I answered a few more
> times, then
> politely suggested he get a book. Of course, now I'm
> feeling all bad
> about that.
> So, here's the question - if a newbie emails you directly
> -
Deanna Schneider wrote:
> So, here's the question - if a newbie emails you directly - do you
> answer? For how long?
I always respond to their second question with the following reply:
"Stop emailing my fuckin old address and maybe you wont get a header message
from my server you faggot, if you
> Okay, so I answered a question on cf-talk, and the person
> responded to me personally with more questions. I answered a
> few more times, then politely suggested he get a book. Of
> course, now I'm feeling all bad about that.
Do not feel bad about it. I don't mind being emailed off list but
if your not busy, why not.
you may aid in creating a new cfer
once you feel it is too much, suggest you saw the answer in a book &
promtly supply a link to it on amazon..
if i didnt get really clear help when i started i would have given up/
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Okay, so I answered a question on cf-talk, and the person responded to
me personally with more questions. I answered a few more times, then
politely suggested he get a book. Of course, now I'm feeling all bad
about that.
So, here's the question - if a newbie emails you directly - do you
answer? Fo
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