From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Feb 28 22:26:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA26260 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sat, 28 Feb 1998 22:26:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pimout1-int.prodigy.net (pimout1-ext.prodigy.net [198.83.18.53]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA26188 for ; Sat, 28 Feb 1998 22:26:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jamesh@etsu.edu) Received: from localhost (jamesh@slip166-72-245-82.tn.us.ibm.net [166.72.245.82]) by pimout1-int.prodigy.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id BAA106776; Sun, 1 Mar 1998 01:22:20 -0500 Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1998 01:22:18 -0500 (EST) From: James X-Sender: jamesh@localhost Reply-To: zjhh2@etsu.edu To: Greg Lehey cc: Sue Blake , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: newbies mailing list In-Reply-To: <19980301164135.54221@freebie.lemis.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, 1 Mar 1998, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Sun, 1 March 1998 at 1:03:15 -0500, James wrote: > > > > > > On Sun, 1 Mar 1998, Greg Lehey wrote: > > > >> On Sun, 1 March 1998 at 16:22:32 +1100, Sue Blake wrote: > >>> On Sun, Mar 01, 1998 at 01:32:34PM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: > >>>> On Sun, 1 March 1998 at 10:56:51 +1100, Sue Blake wrote: > >> > >>> Another aspect of inappropriate newbie behaviour is their > >>> preparedness to blame themselves whether or not that is warranted, > >> > >> Occasionally. Usually those people aren't the rank newbies, rather > >> people who could benefit from -questions. > >> > >>> and then toggle into defensive mode when made to feel small. > >> > >> Yes, Real Hackers never get defensive. > > > > Not all people are hackers, there are some people that just want to use > > the system, not develop something new and nifty. > > I think you missed the implied smily. > > Greg > Doh! Yep... : ) Guess that is what I get for slapping explicit smileys all over the place.. :) James To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message