Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 16:36:12 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: "Steve Friedrich" <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com>, "Ben Hockenhull" <benh@jpj.net>, "SPROLESD@sw.noacsc.ohio.gov" <SPROLESD@sw.noacsc.ohio.gov> Subject: Re: Making A FreeBSD CD-ROM Message-ID: <18799.905470572@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 10 Sep 1998 18:29:37 CDT." <199809102325.QAA24554@hub.freebsd.org>
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> [ redirected to -chat; this doesn't belong in -questions ] Then why did you leave -questions in the cc line? :-) > gratuitous, but you're not helping matters any by jumping up and down > with your hair on fire. By definition, your rantings won't reach first > time posters who haven't lurked before asking their question, and one would > think they'd be the worst offenders. This is a good point, and one which even those who know this already sometimes have to learn a couple of thousand times before it sticks. There's something just so *irritating* about this that an angry response is often the most enticing (albeit suboptimal) reaction. :) > who haven't bothered to try to help themselves. I find it much more producti ve > to reply in private to them suggesting places they might look for preliminary > information than fuming over the whole thing for each such message that comes > by. Some people are repeat offenders; their mail gets sent to the bin and Heh. I might note that I've also found an even more productive method since I get too many of these to even manage a short reply now: Just whap `delete'. Most folks who personally query me only to get no response at all do, amazingly enough, either figure it out for themselves shortly thereafter or figure out where to get that kind of information without hassling somebody directly in email. :-) - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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