From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 17 10:04:20 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63BFB1065674; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:04:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Received: from igloo.linux.gr (igloo.linux.gr [62.1.205.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDD4E8FC17; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:04:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Received: from kobe.laptop (adsl26-34.kln.forthnet.gr [77.49.153.34]) (authenticated bits=128) by igloo.linux.gr (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id mAHA4AZ5018784 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:04:15 +0200 Received: from kobe.laptop (kobe.laptop [127.0.0.1]) by kobe.laptop (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id mAHA49sT095271; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:04:09 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by kobe.laptop (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id mAHA49Fu095270; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:04:09 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Wojciech Puchar References: <20081116160428.GD79046@valentine.liquidneon.com> <20081116195718.F26015@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <87r65a98gm.fsf@kobe.laptop> <20081117102355.J31070@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <87myfyhenm.fsf@kobe.laptop> <20081117105935.B31313@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:04:08 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20081117105935.B31313@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> (Wojciech Puchar's message of "Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:01:03 +0100 (CET)") Message-ID: <874p268y93.fsf@kobe.laptop> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-MailScanner-ID: mAHA4AZ5018784 X-Hellug-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Hellug-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-4.305, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, AWL 0.09, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-Hellug-MailScanner-From: keramida@freebsd.org X-Spam-Status: No Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Brad Davis Subject: Re: Official FreeBSD Forums X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:04:20 -0000 On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:01:03 +0100 (CET), Wojciech Puchar wrote: >>> those who are not just less experienced but so brainless that they >>> can't even sent a subscribing mail to mailing list!!!! >>> >>> they will not become experienced unix users ever. >> >> We can help as much as we can, by subscribing and trying to keep the S:N >> ratio high, or we can start whining forever about how everyone _else_ >> should spend their own time. I think the later is not a good idea. > > there is not much place to help ALREADY, as there are maybe 2-3 on-topic > questions a day. and i do answer and help if i can. > > but soon it will be much worse. I beg to differ. I don't like playing the `old fart' card, but I've been a subscriber to questions for a decade or so. I haven't noticed any significant reduction in the quality of traffic. It still rocks as much as it did back in 1998 when I started lurking around here :)