I'll second that.
>
> Regardless, forums have been far and away the single most useful thing
I've found for gaining knowledge in evolving from Windows to Linux. Many
thanks to all those who have or will have kindly shared their knowledge and
experience!
>
>
> Stuart
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Douglas, Stuart wrote:
Hmmm...patience vs. persistance. They're similar in nature, but apply to different things.
Patience is when you have to explain something for the umpteenth time to a user that will never get it.
Persistance is when your forced to deal with sorting out some technical probl
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From: Tibbetts, Ric [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 8:16 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linux Newbie - what's the point of newsgroups?
LOL...
I've always told my bosses, and customers, "What I lack in technical
expertise, I make up for
Oh, and in that 20 years I also learnt that patience is not only a
virtue in computing, it's absolutely f*&%$£g essential!
LOL...
I've always told my bosses, and customers, "What I lack in technical
expertise, I make up for with sheer determination".
I'm not sure which is more important: Pa
I just had to add my 2 pence worth. I've been in IT for nearly 20 years
and in Linux for about 2 weeks. This list has made what could have been
a significantly irksome experience, bearable. I've had help from people
around the world that I do not know, and hopefully been able to help
some others
Victor;
Chill, and back off the caffine a little bit.
There's an old saying:
Give a man a fish, and you've fed him for a day.
Teach him how to fish, and you've fed him for a lifetime.
This list tries to not just feed people for a day, but to educate them,
so they can answer their own questions
On Monday 03 February 2003 04:11 pm, you wrote:
> Ok, I see this shit all the time, go search Google go do this go do
> that
>
At least some help was given, wasn't it Vic? The worst possible insult one
can give to another is to ignore him. Perhaps we should be ignoring you...
J
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On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 19:41, Randy Williams wrote:
> Nicely Done!!!
>
> Thank you Mr. Dekkers for your finely tuned and appropriate answer!!
>
> No need to pass this on to the list, I'm
ch.
- Vic
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On Behalf Of Rodolfo J. Paiz
Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 12:20 AM
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Subject: RE: Linux Newbie - what's the point of newsgroups?
On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 18:11, Victor wrote:
> Ok, I
On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 19:41, Randy Williams wrote:
> Nicely Done!!!
>
> Thank you Mr. Dekkers for your finely tuned and appropriate answer!!
>
> No need to pass this on to the list, I'm just thanking you without hitting
> your private email box.
Oops.
But yes, a much more elegant response than
On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 18:11, Victor wrote:
> Ok, I see this shit all the time, go search Google go do this go do
> that
And in most cases, such an answer is perfectly warranted since:
(a) the responder may not know the answer, but is trying to help the
original poster _find_ the answe
lf Of Edward Dekkers
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 8:32 PM
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> Ok, I see this shit all the time, go search Google go do this go do
> that
That's because it's a valid way of finding an anwer.
>
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On Behalf Of Matthew Melvin
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 7:32 PM
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Take a deep breath Victor. There are basically only two types of
questions
that are going to get answer
> Ok, I see this shit all the time, go search Google go do this go do
> that
That's because it's a valid way of finding an anwer.
> What the hell is the point of mailing lists if the people that know how
> to fix the problems are too lazy to help those in need?
Don't be too harsh. I don't kn
ersistence than
computers.
Larry S. Brown
Dimension Networks, Inc.
(727) 723-8388
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Take a deep breath Victor. There are basically only two types of questions
that are going to get answered on this mailing list. Questions that someone
knows the answer to off the top of their head - "Oh that error ussually
means you've got a syntax error in your conmfig file. Look in /etc/blah
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Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 19:11:55 -0500
Ok, I see this shit all the time, go search Google go do this go do
that
What the hell is the point of mailing lists if th
On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 07:11:55PM -0500, Victor wrote:
> yet the moderators and other people are friendly enough to always answer
> their questions if they ask. This is the way it's supposed to be. If you
> don't want to answer the question shut the fuck up get out, don't tell
> other people to g
Ok, I see this shit all the time, go search Google go do this go do
that
What the hell is the point of mailing lists if the people that know how
to fix the problems are too lazy to help those in need? Why should one
even come to the mailing list in the future when one is told to
basically "get
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