From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 23 10:31:24 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D30C216A4CE; Thu, 23 Dec 2004 10:31:24 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sccimhc92.asp.att.net (sccimhc92.asp.att.net [63.240.76.166]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 313C243D31; Thu, 23 Dec 2004 10:31:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@nbritton.org) Received: from [192.168.1.10] (12-223-129-46.client.insightbb.com[12.223.129.46]) by sccimhc92.asp.att.net (sccimhc92) with ESMTP id <20041223103122i92002anbfe>; Thu, 23 Dec 2004 10:31:23 +0000 Message-ID: <41CA9E77.9050304@nbritton.org> Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 04:31:19 -0600 From: Nikolas Britton User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20041219) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Wilko Bulte References: <20041223063731.GW53357@wantadilla.lemis.com> <41CA8CDB.5070007@nbritton.org> <20041223093001.GA53923@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20041223093001.GA53923@freebie.xs4all.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: Greg 'groggy' Lehey cc: Sue Blake cc: FreeBSD Core Team cc: FreeBSD-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Time to shut down this list? X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 10:31:25 -0000 Wilko Bulte wrote: >On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 03:16:11AM -0600, Nikolas Britton wrote.. > > >>Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >> >> >> >>>1. It's not the original charter of the mailing list. For reference: >>> >>> This list is a gathering place for people new to FreeBSD. >>> Please feel free to share your experiences with others on this >>> list. >>> >>> >>> >>One word, oxymoron. >> >>How can you not get technical about something that is technical? >> >> > >Heheh... go and work in customer support for some time and I guarantee >you you will understand that this is indeed possible. > > NEVER!!!! I cannot deal with users (need a translator), I'm a back office guy that likes to work alone! (Bench Tech / Field Tech / level III support / Sys,Net Admin / Net Eng, etc.), The first job I ever had was as a bench tech @18, then went to tech school for network engineering and am now going back to school for a BSCE (Computer Engneering) and after that a Masters. I have always been a hardware guy (though I like learning the in's and out's of OS's, this led me to DOS 5 - 8, Win 3.x, Win9x/ME, NT3.1 - 5.1, OS/2, BeOS (dam you palm or killing it), Linux, and finally FreeBSD (which I like the most, most cohesive and stable OS I have ever seen, oh, and I love Perl! :-)). Once I tried user support and I had a meltdown, got fired after two weeks. My Myers-Briggs explains it all: I{S,N}TP, with extreme Introversion. http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/academic/psychology/alt.psychology.personality/profiles/istp.html http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/academic/psychology/alt.psychology.personality/profiles/intp.html