Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1998 17:42:27 +1100 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: newbies mailing list Message-ID: <19980301174227.32842@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <19980301165754.16454@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Sun, Mar 01, 1998 at 04:57:54PM %2B1030 References: <19980301105650.47895@welearn.com.au> <19980301133234.11473@freebie.lemis.com> <19980301162232.44505@welearn.com.au> <19980301161407.25838@freebie.lemis.com> <19980301170435.11729@welearn.com.au> <19980301165754.16454@freebie.lemis.com>
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On Sun, Mar 01, 1998 at 04:57:54PM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote:
> On Sun, 1 March 1998 at 17:04:35 +1100, Sue Blake wrote:
> > DO I BELONG HERE?
> >
> > Try this quick quiz:
> > 1. Do you know the command to make a file that lists all the executable
> > files less than 2k in size that were created in the last 2 weeks?
>
> Hmm. I've seen your .sig before, but I don't think this is much of a
> criterion.
True :-)
> > 2. Have you ever done something incredibly stupid?
>
> And this would definitely make me eligible :-)
But would I believe you? :-)
> > If you answered no to the first and yes to the second, you'll be OK.
>
> How about:
>
> 1. Are you having such general difficulties with FreeBSD that you
> don't even know what the problem is?
>
> 2. Are you worried that you can't express the problem well enough to
> get a useful answer from -questions?
Much better.
> I suppose it's a start. The shortcomings will become evident in the
> course of time, I suppose.
>
> What do you say we ask on -questions?
They'll laugh and say it's stupid... but what else is new.
It'd be good to ask newbies what they think of it, but how do we reach them?
They're a bit scarce on -questions.
--
Regards,
-*Sue*-
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