On Sun, Jun 08, 2008 at 01:44:40AM -0600, Scott K wrote: > > I've occasionally seen a condescending "Google it" answer for noob > questions. One thing that still gets me as a long term user is lack of > knowledge of what to look for/how to frame the question. Frequently it's > hard to find the best tool for a job. Using the command line requires > knowledge of hundreds of commands and special file locations that vary > from shell to shell and distro to distro. Even when Google has an answer, > sometimes the collective knowledge of the group has a more elegant or up > to date solution. > > Mostly it comes down to holding your tongue if you don't have anything > nice to say.
Stuart recently posted a message to either the UUG or the PLUG (I can't remember which). It was extremely polite and basically said, "Have you tried the following query in Google? It looks like it might be helpful." Go back and look at the exact wording because he phrased it better than I could. Anyway, it was extremely polite and helpful, and it demonstrated that searching online is the best way to find the answer. -- Andrew McNabb http://www.mcnabbs.org/andrew/ PGP Fingerprint: 8A17 B57C 6879 1863 DE55 8012 AB4D 6098 8826 6868 -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
