From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 26 15:36: 8 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-11.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7902B37B479 for ; Sun, 26 Nov 2000 15:36:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from [212.238.77.116] (helo=buffy.raggedclown) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with smtp (Exim 3.14 #4) id 140BL1-0000tV-00; Sun, 26 Nov 2000 23:36:03 +0000 Received: (from cliff@localhost) by buffy.raggedclown (8.10.2/8.10.2) id eAQNZuX03664; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 00:35:56 +0100 Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 00:35:56 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: Jeremiah Gowdy Cc: Chris Wasser , Jim Conner , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The real Unix problem Message-ID: <20001127003556.C3462@buffy.local> References: <200011260323.AA149619028@wdc.callgtn.com> <200011260323.AA149619028@wdc.callgtn.com> <5.0.0.25.0.20001126044504.01e58bb8@mail.enterit.com> <003701c057ea$28854400$aa240018@cx443070b> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <003701c057ea$28854400$aa240018@cx443070b>; from jgowdy@home.com on Sun, Nov 26, 2000 at 12:47:57PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Nov 26, 2000 at 12:47:57PM -0800, Jeremiah Gowdy wrote: > of help. I don't believe in screaming RTFM to calm (although repeated) > questions, from newbies. You sit and think THAT QUESTION HAS BEEN ASKED > 1,000,000 TIMES. I believe that point people at manuals and sources of more lengthy explanations is a good thing to do. Saying RTFM is offensive, trite and arrogant. People who feel compelled to say it should stay out of news groups whee Newbies are likely to ask questions, or not say anything at all. > But from the other point of view, that person has only > asked the question once, and is honestly trying to become a new member of > the FreeBSD community. Exactly ! Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message