=- John Niendorf wrote on Wed 26.Jun'13 at 12:47:03 +0900 -=
This is only my point of view.
To everyone his own. ;)
1. RTFM is rude. It is usually written by people who seem to feel
the need to show that they know more than someone else.
Somebody hasn't done his homework and wants somebody
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 09:03:32PM +1000, Erik Christiansen wrote:
On 21.06.13 10:13, Rado Q wrote:
But not to make one side happy and reject the other, how about this:
we get 2 lists, one for the basicsimple stuff (mutt-users), the other
for advanced (mutt-adventures). Have some moderators
I've been watching this thread for a while and thinking Good grief, give me a
break.
This is only my point of view.
1. RTFM is rude. It is usually written by people who seem to feel the need to
show that they know more than someone else.
2. Having to put up with people who ask basic
On 2013/6/25 11:47 PM, John Niendorf wrote:
I've been watching this thread for a while and thinking Good grief, give me a
break.
This is only my point of view.
1. RTFM is rude. It is usually written by people who seem to feel the need to
show that they know more than someone else.
2. Having
subject, agreed RTFM posts aren't helpful. They only
demonstrate the person posting the RTFM has more time than manners. In 95%
of RTFM cases a helpful answer would take less effort and bandwidth than the
rant that inevitably comes with their RTFM post!
I agree completely.
Derek D. Martin
On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 09:47:23PM +1000, Erik Christiansen wrote:
On 21.06.13 10:52, Eduardo Alvarez wrote:
That sounds like a fantastic compilation, not just for practical knowledge,
but
I'm betting a little of history as well. Would you care to share it? :)
At first I thought that's
On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 05:58:16PM -0500, Derek Martin wrote:
On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 09:51:13AM -0500, Dale A. Raby wrote:
On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 08:35:25AM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote:
I really don't need to be told RTFM. I am 80 yrs old.
I forget things.
[I think people should
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 12:36 AM, Robert Holtzman hol...@cox.net wrote:
At the risk of raising everyones ire, there are times, especially with a
really basic question and no indication of any effort on the poster's
part, reply by asking what research has been done, what has been tried,
and
On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 05:58:16PM -0500, Derek Martin wrote:
On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 09:51:13AM -0500, Dale A. Raby wrote:
On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 08:35:25AM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote:
I really don't need to be told RTFM. I am 80 yrs old.
I forget things.
[I think people should
On 21.06.13 10:52, Eduardo Alvarez wrote:
That sounds like a fantastic compilation, not just for practical knowledge,
but
I'm betting a little of history as well. Would you care to share it? :)
At first I thought that's not a problem, if it is of any interest. But
it includes pastes of
just start Googling and usually find an answer somewhere.
List requests work though.
The problem with the RTFM answer is that TFM is (in many cases, and
certainly in the mutt or emacs cases) rather long, and if you don't
already know exactly what you're looking for, finding that one thing
you
On 21.06.13 10:13, Rado Q wrote:
But not to make one side happy and reject the other, how about this:
we get 2 lists, one for the basicsimple stuff (mutt-users), the other
for advanced (mutt-adventures). Have some moderators sitting on
the basic- line forwarding the advanced stuff (users) to
On 2013-06-20, Derek Martin inva...@pizzashack.org wrote:
On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 09:51:13AM -0500, Dale A. Raby wrote:
On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 08:35:25AM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote:
I really don't need to be told RTFM. I am 80 yrs old.
I forget things.
[I think people should take note
to generally open the gates,
independent of age or other good reason to spend my time more than
any OPs (which I did long ago and sometimes still do).
I fully agree that if rtfm is the answer, then a clue where in there
should be included.
Our list traffic is not yet unbearable, I submit.
I've been
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 09:03:32PM +1000, Erik Christiansen wrote:
The real and substantial impairments, both physical and mental, which
accrue with advancing age, are easily overlooked in the ignorance of
youth, or even middle age. Though two decades behind our petitioner for
a quick hint,
On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 09:51:13AM -0500, Dale A. Raby wrote:
On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 08:35:25AM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote:
I really don't need to be told RTFM. I am 80 yrs old.
I forget things.
[I think people should take note: this comment clearly suggests that
Paul, like many people
to give is rtfm, with no reference or citation or
vague hint at a substantive answer, then don't bother replying -- or at
least keep it out of the mailing list archive and my mailbox, please.
Save RTFM for abusive and demanding inquiries only, and you'll see
less abuse and fewer demands.
--
-D
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 09:43:25AM -0500, David Champion wrote:
What's the trouble? Let people ask questions honestly and politely,
but if all you have to give is rtfm, with no reference or citation or
vague hint at a substantive answer, then don't bother replying -- or at
least keep it out
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
Actually my sig is at least ELEVEN lines, but hey, whose counting ?
( FYI - The last part of the sig has a word riddle in it)
//\ eLviintuaxbilse/\\
Linux is evitable?
What's the sense on it?
--
Bruno Lustosa, aka
On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 08:59:24AM -0400, Bruno Lustosa wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
Actually my sig is at least ELEVEN lines, but hey, whose counting ?
( FYI - The last part of the sig has a word riddle in it)
//\ eLviintuaxbilse/\\
* Bruno Lustosa [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002-09-09 7:59am]:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
Actually my sig is at least ELEVEN lines, but hey, whose counting ?
( FYI - The last part of the sig has a word riddle in it)
//\ eLviintuaxbilse/\\
Linux is
On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 09:10:11AM -0400, Mark J. Reed wrote:
Linux is in evitable == Linux is inevitable.
Yes. Quote from John Maddog Hall circa 1994 Linux Lectures.
(and quite true IMHO).
Word riddles are different from a plain scrambles in that they
require leaps of logic. Mark's
* On 2002.09.09, in [EMAIL PROTECTED],
* Mark J. Reed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 08:59:24AM -0400, Bruno Lustosa wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
Actually my sig is at least ELEVEN lines, but hey, whose counting ?
( FYI - The last part of
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002-09-06 11:52]:
I also notice that neither list-reply nor group-reply works
with the post I am responding to; I had to paste mutt-users
into the Cc: line to reply to the list. Any ideas why?
List reply ? there's a LIST REPLY ? Time for more
On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 02:03:00PM +0200, Sven Guckes wrote:
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002-09-06 11:52]:
List reply ? there's a LIST REPLY ? Time for more RTM !
argh!
hee hee, you are SO easy to tweak! :)
(I'm afraid Elm is still programmed into my fingers, just like
On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 02:30:12PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Someday Sven will realize that mutt is a tool, not a religion. (maybe.. )
(Now where did I put my flameproof suit / )
Oh, I doubt it. We'll probably have self-appointed net cops with us as long as
there's a net. Just watch
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