From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun Jan 30 14: 8:30 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (phoenix.welearn.com.au [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98BAC152C0 for ; Sun, 30 Jan 2000 14:08:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jon@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from jon@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) id JAA64880; Mon, 31 Jan 2000 09:06:51 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from jon) Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 09:06:48 +1100 From: Jonathan Michaels To: Omachonu Ogali Cc: Christian Weisgerber , freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mount /cdrom to be used by users Message-ID: <20000131090647.A64751@phoenix.welearn.com.au> Reply-To: jon@welearn.com.au Mail-Followup-To: Omachonu Ogali , Christian Weisgerber , freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG References: <86tma3$24lf$1@bigeye.rhein-neckar.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4i In-Reply-To: ; from Omachonu Ogali on Sun, Jan 30, 2000 at 10:19:04AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org all, i don't write nice and polite because, well because i don't, and or simply because people say that i don't. i write the best that i can with what i have. also, my spelling is constrained by my neurological damaged hands and body and a brain that suffers with dsylexia amongst other things. don't be offended by HOW i have said, rather listen to, what i have to say. On Sun, Jan 30, 2000 at 10:19:04AM -0500, Omachonu Ogali wrote: > This list is for newbies, this is correct, newcomers to freebsd in particular and newcomers to unix in general. you will find several members here that are, and, have a vast level of experience with other brands of unix, comercial unicies i mean .. but, they are just newcomers to freebsd like the rest of us. > and it may or may not include technical > questions this list freebsd-newbies is not for asking technical questions about freebsd in particular or unix in general. it is expressly for the asking of questions "about asking questions and how to find out" to paraphrase the charter. this thread (Subg: re: mount /cdrom..) belongs in freebsd-questions, not here. we are all here to learn how to be "good little unix users" and more importantly to shed that awkwardness that all novices have when they forst learn to believe in the one true light, way, path call it what you will. here we won't get stomped on for the ocassional wrong footfall, or foot in mouth episode, etc. but we all need to realise that for freebsd-newbies to be an effective forum we also need to keep the signal to noise ratio as low as possible, hence this note from me. we already have severl good places to ask 'techie' questions like this .. but only one place where we can learn how not to become just another bit of "newbie cannon fodder". > so don't discourage other users like that. to fall back on my own sarcasm, if the people who asked the questions would learn how to read then maybe they would not need to ask the questions, especially in the wrong places. freebsd-newbies is a placeto learn how to particiapte in mailing lists and the unix community in general, it is not a "i have got this problem hold my hand or else forum". well not yet. ultimately i'll probably get flamed (yet again) for what i've said, but all i can do is to direct you all to the charter, which is the second to final authority, or to the list moderator (owner, instigator and mentor) one who is known far and wide simply as "sue". take care, freebsd-newbies is thankfully not a freebsd-questions or any one of the countless linux clones, so let us all try and keep it that way .. all it takes is a little discipline. regards jonathan resident pariah. -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message