Re: [newbie] How To Ask Questions The Smart Way

2002-09-24 Thread Angus Auld
> 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 >

Re: [newbie] How To Ask Questions The Smart Way

2002-09-24 Thread Anne Wilson
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

Re: [newbie] How To Ask Questions The Smart Way

2002-09-23 Thread iggy
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

Re: [newbie] How To Ask Questions The Smart Way

2002-09-23 Thread Alastair Scott
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 the

[newbie] How To Ask Questions The Smart Way

2002-09-23 Thread iggy
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! -

[newbie] How to ask questions the smart way.

2002-07-11 Thread Mike Larson
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

2001-09-11 Thread d
At 08:59 AM 9/11/01, you wrote: >on 9/11/01 8:23 AM, Sridhar Dhanapalan at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hey folks, >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

Re: [newbie] How To Ask Questions The Smart Way

2001-09-11 Thread Matt Greer
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 qu

Re: [newbie] How To Ask Questions The Smart Way

2001-09-11 Thread Mohammed Arafa
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 Smar

Re: [newbie] How To Ask Questions The Smart Way

2001-09-11 Thread Matt Greer
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

[newbie] How To Ask Questions The Smart Way

2001-09-11 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
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 --