Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 17:11:14 -0500 From: Kelly Hendrix <kelly@compuage.com> To: Yong Lim <yong@csfi.com> Cc: Rick Hamell <hamellr@heorot.1nova.com>, "SILVER, MICHAEL A" <MSILVER@scana.com>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hello from russia! Message-ID: <20010209171114.A1291@hnet04.kellyhendrix.com> In-Reply-To: <NDBBLNEEEKNNPEMEDDDKGEGNCNAA.yong@csfi.com>; from yong@csfi.com on Fri, Feb 09, 2001 at 03:28:57PM -0500 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102081221250.2710-100000@heorot.1nova.com> <NDBBLNEEEKNNPEMEDDDKGEGNCNAA.yong@csfi.com>
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Greetings Perhaps the charter could be modified so that newbies could ask questions about command function and or syntax, i.e. how to mount a msdos floppy, what's the command to see how much space I have left on my hard drive, etc. Anything else could be bounced or referred to questions. It's truly ironic that the nature of this thread, which questions the raison d`etre of the newbie charter, is exactly the type of content that was intended for this mailing list. That aside, my opinion is that unless certain basic questions are allowed to be asked there's no point having this list. Since the floor seems to be open to this discussion, perhaps others can chime in and give their .02 worth. My .02 worth Kelly Hendrix On Fri, Feb 09, 2001 at 03:28:57PM -0500, Yong Lim wrote: > Is there no middle ground here? For newbies to subscribe to -questions, it > is very intimating. I tried and after a few days I had to get out. We > don't need to scare off newbies but we don't want to give them wrong answers > either. > > How about sending out disclaimer from this list saying that any answers > from -newbies should be tested out first. And for better answers check > with -questions. I assume not many people subscribe to -newbies are not > running live production systems. If they are they need to re-examine > something. But newbies might have starter questions like how to mount an > ms-dos floppy on FreeBSD...and a quick answer would carry them to the next > stage. > > Any way, just another rant...How are you doing to carry on a conversation if > you can't do Q&A? :-) > > Yong > > : -----Original Message----- > : From: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG > : [mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Rick Hamell > : Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 3:24 PM > : To: SILVER, MICHAEL A > : Cc: 'freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG' > : Subject: RE: Hello from russia! > : > : > : > : > So what if I answer this question here? Is that bad? Does this rob us > : > newbies of precious bandwidth that could have been used for > : non-technical > : > discussions? > : > > : > I just don't get this list. :-) > : > : No.... :) This list was created with the cavet that NO technical > : questions be asked here. Because those who hang on -questions did not want > : to be subscribed to yet another email list, AND it was felt that the > : FreeBSD project needed only one point of contact for technical > : questions. The secondary effect is that since this is a -newbie list and > : newbie could potentially answer a question wrong. Without someone more > : experienced around to watch for that... bad things could happen to your > : system. The simple fact is that this list needs to be renamed to > : newbie-chat or deleted. :) > : > : Rick > : > : > : > : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > : with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message -- ______________________________________________________________________ | There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a | | miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. | | | | Albert Einstein (1879-1955) | |______________________________________________________________________| To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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