[SNIP]
> > Please provide the URL of such a reply. Stating that a thing is
> so
> > without proof is not useful.
>
> Glad you ask. Examine thread "Crontab problems"
> MID <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> it shows my point.
>
> > I see many people patiently answering "newbie" questions here.
> Surely
>
> Well there you name a group, the biggest lusers (Herr von Wourms)
> are
> to be found right here. They will spam, underquote, forget to
> snip etc. If you want to use email use an email client or be quit.
I'm afraid to say I don't see how this is relevant to the discussion.
I don't use usenet,
On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 02:59:12AM +, Soren A wrote:
> raphael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote around 01 Oct 2002
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>
> > Is just arogance nothing more. At least it shows a complete
> > unawareness of reality. You will never ever change a MS-Word user in
raphael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote around 01 Oct 2002
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> Is just arogance nothing more. At least it shows a complete
> unawareness of reality. You will never ever change a MS-Word user into
> a VIM or EMAC user. And why would you?
I have to say that I r
Christopher Faylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote around 01 Oct 2002
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> [I don't seem to
I've replied to Chris off-list. Please, don't anyone follow-up to this
message. Please. There's no need for it and nothing of value would be
accomplished.
Thanks,
[I don't seem to be able to stick to my vows about not responding lately,
but I couldn't let this one go. Just hit delete now. There's nothing
useful here.]
On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 11:58:58PM +, Soren A wrote:
>So, the existence or non-existence of Gmane doesn't have much to do with
>wheth
Eduardo Chappa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote around 30 Sep 2002
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED].
edu:
I have finally decided that it would seem a little _strange_ if i
_didn't_ get my 2c in here since some (with overall historical memory of
past posts) will recall some rather strident messages authored by me
On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 02:14:27PM -0400, Robinow, David wrote:
>> From: raphael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> Subject: Re: Moving cygwin discussions to Usenet? (e.g.,
>> alt.os.cygwin)
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 10:37:35AM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>&
> From: raphael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Subject: Re: Moving cygwin discussions to Usenet? (e.g.,
> alt.os.cygwin)
>
> On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 10:37:35AM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> > Please provide the URL of such a reply. Stating that a thing is so
> >
On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 10:25:00AM -0500, Lane, Frank L wrote:
>As a newbie to cygwin I'd like to put a comment in on this one.
>
>Even if people are brusque, without being a downright rude, newbie's,
>like moi, learn and more importantly are helped to learn what questions
>are apropos on what lis
On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 10:37:35AM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> a mail server [No Reverse DNS] with no reverse DNS entry.
> X-RBL-Warning: This E-mail was routed in a poor manner consistent with spam
>[2103].
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On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 08:58:17PM +0200, Lisi wrote:
>
> >
> >Yes, your question made me wonder if it wouldn't be nice to have a
> >cygwin-unix-questions mailing list, but then it occurred to me that then
> >we'd have endless and indignant discussions of whether something is cygwin
> >or unix
On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 09:30:53AM +0100, raphael wrote:
>On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 07:22:35PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>However, this really side steps the issue. Five hundred "How do I get
>>to the previous command in bash?" questions are not going to lead to
>>new insight about cygwin.
On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 07:22:35PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> However, this really side steps the issue. Five hundred "How do I get
> to the previous command in bash?" questions are not going to lead to new
> insight about cygwin.
Yes they will. These questions are asked by starting use
On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 05:16:53PM -0700, Eduardo Chappa wrote:
>*** Christopher Faylor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote today:
>It's basically a situation in which you don't want to be involved, and
>that's fine, but why complain about it, if it's not going to affect you
>in any way. I don't see the po
--- "Michael B. Parker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Regarding the thread "Moving to Usenet?"
> (www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2000-07/msg00275.html) (which I found by
> via
> www.google.com/search?q=site:cygwin.com+usenet to see who else also
> wanted
> discussions on Usenet):
[SNIP]
I don't know wh
*** Christopher Faylor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote today:
:) [some comments deleted]
:)
:) However, this really side steps the issue. Five hundred "How do I get
:) to the previous command in bash?" questions are not going to lead to new
:) insight about cygwin. That's what we're talking about.
I
On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 03:28:00PM -0700, Eduardo Chappa wrote:
>Let me tell you how I see this. When I've supported Pine, I haven't
>looked at the content of the question as much as I've looked at the
>value of the answer. Just to give you an example, someone once asked
>me if Pine supported ju
*** Jeremy Hetzler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote today:
:) A group that does all the work to answer anyone's question, no matter
:) how obvious the answer or easy to find it is elsewhere, no matter that
:) it is the hundredth time it has been asked that week? Yes, that sounds
:) like a wonderful thin
At 10:48 AM 9/30/2002 -0700, Eduardo Chappa wrote:
>Finally, one of the advantages about a separate newsgroup is that people
>would feel more confortable asking a question. The cygwin mailing list
>tries very hard to have people not to ask questions (search the FAQs
>first, look for a better mail
On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 04:02:39PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 11:54:56AM -0700, Eduardo Chappa wrote:
> >*** Michael A Chase ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote today:
> >
> >:) On Mon, 30 Sep 2002 10:48:42 -0700 (PDT) Eduardo Chappa
> >:) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >:)
> >
*** Christopher Faylor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote today:
:) On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 11:54:56AM -0700, Eduardo Chappa wrote:
:) >*** Michael A Chase ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote today:
:) >
:) >:) On Mon, 30 Sep 2002 10:48:42 -0700 (PDT) Eduardo Chappa
:) >:) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:) >:)
:) >:) >
On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 04:02:39PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 11:54:56AM -0700, Eduardo Chappa wrote:
>>*** Michael A Chase ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote today:
>>
>>:) On Mon, 30 Sep 2002 10:48:42 -0700 (PDT) Eduardo Chappa
>>:) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>:)
>>:) > Fo
On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 11:54:56AM -0700, Eduardo Chappa wrote:
>*** Michael A Chase ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote today:
>
>:) On Mon, 30 Sep 2002 10:48:42 -0700 (PDT) Eduardo Chappa
>:) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>:)
>:) > For these reasons, I completely support the idea of creating an
>:) > indepen
*** Michael A Chase ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote today:
:) On Mon, 30 Sep 2002 10:48:42 -0700 (PDT) Eduardo Chappa
:) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:)
:) > For these reasons, I completely support the idea of creating an
:) > independent newsgroup.
:)
:) So file the proposal.
Sure, I can do that, but w
On Mon, 30 Sep 2002 10:48:42 -0700 (PDT) Eduardo Chappa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> For these reasons, I completely support the idea of creating an
> independent newsgroup.
So file the proposal.
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>
>Yes, your question made me wonder if it wouldn't be nice to have a
>cygwin-unix-questions mailing list, but then it occurred to me that then
>we'd have endless and indignant discussions of whether something is cygwin
>or unix-specific.
That's the point of a cygwin-unix list, questions can
*** Philippe Bastiani ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote today:
:) > Either actually read the mailing list via email as intended or read
:) > it via news.
:)
:) We can read/write messages via news.gmane.org server...
:)
:) But, IMHO, a group of discussion would be very useful: for the
:) beginners, for 'r
Hi,
> Either actually read the mailing list via email as intended or read it
> via news.
We can read/write messages via news.gmane.org server...
But, IMHO, a group of discussion would be very useful: for the beginners,
for 'repeat' questions and problems, ..., for any debat concerning Cygwin!
> OK, let me clarify - I guess what I would really like is a Cygwin-specific
> *Unix* beginner's list. My desire is not to get rid of stupid questions,
> since I think all my questions are probably stupid, but rather the
> questions that are just over my head and make me feel like I will never
On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 01:54:54PM +0200, Thomas Mellman wrote:
>The only thing I'm missing is a nice way to directly reference an entry
>that I read on the maillist server so that I get merged into the
>thread. As it is, I'm switching to "raw-text", grabbing the
>Referenced-Mail (or whatever it'
On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 02:31:35PM +0200, Lisi wrote:
>Maybe I should just join a Unix newbie list, any suggestions are
>appreciated.
The standard suggestion, use google:
http://www.google.com/search?q=unix+newbie
cgf
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Lisi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb am 30.09.02 13:30:49:
> OK, let me clarify - I guess what I would really like is a Cygwin-specific
> *Unix* beginner's list. My desire is not to get rid of stupid questions,
> since I think all my questions are probably stupid, but rather the
> questions that ar
OK, let me clarify - I guess what I would really like is a Cygwin-specific
*Unix* beginner's list. My desire is not to get rid of stupid questions,
since I think all my questions are probably stupid, but rather the
questions that are just over my head and make me feel like I will never be
at t
<20020926063518 dot GA1292 at raphael dot oninet dot pt>
>>The Cygwin list seems to do fine, though a beginners list would be nice.
> I would definitely appreciate a beginner's list, one where we could ask questions
>like "Hey, I'm not even sure if > this is a Cygwin question or a applicat
RE: Moving cygwin discussions to Usenet? (e.g., alt.os.cygwin)
> From: "Chris January"
>
> > The internal URLs don't seem to be set up right; but there's some
> > interesting things on there, thanks.
>
> Oops - I broke that yesterday when tryi
> > Tried the Cygwin TWiki?
> > http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~ccj00/twiki/bin/view/Cygwin
> >
> > It's maintained by NanFudd aka Charles Howes. Just make a page for
> > beginner's questions there. Hopefully some helpful souls will check back
> > every so often ;)
> >
> >
> The internal URLs don't seem
In an earlier post, Chris January said...
> Tried the Cygwin TWiki?
> http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~ccj00/twiki/bin/view/Cygwin
>
> It's maintained by NanFudd aka Charles Howes. Just make a page for
> beginner's questions there. Hopefully some helpful souls will check back
> every so often ;)
>
>
T
> >The Cygwin list seems to do fine, though a beginners list would be nice.
>
> I would definitely appreciate a beginner's list, one where we could ask
> questions like "Hey, I'm not even sure if this is a Cygwin question or a
> question but could anyone help..."
>
> The amount of traffic on this
>
>The Cygwin list seems to do fine, though a beginners list would be nice.
I would definitely appreciate a beginner's list, one where we could ask
questions like "Hey, I'm not even sure if this is a Cygwin question or a
question but could anyone help..."
The amount of traffic on this list i
On Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 07:24:19PM -0700, Michael B. Parker wrote:
> Regarding the thread "Moving to Usenet?"
> (www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2000-07/msg00275.html) (which I found by via
> www.google.com/search?q=site:cygwin.com+usenet to see who else also wanted
> discussions on Usenet):
>
> I WILL
Assuming this one will get past the spam filter..
have a look at www.gmane.org they already provide the list as a newsgroup.
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I WILL FIRMLY 2ND Jonas Jensen's good suggestion
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