Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 22:14:47 +0100 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org> To: Damon Hammis <squirrel@hammis.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Just curious Message-ID: <20000717221447.E4668@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10007171627320.44367-100000@markl.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10007171627320.44367-100000@markl.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Damon Hammis wrote: > One thing that I've noticed is that for the most part people on the > list try to help out as much as possible, but at least once or twice > a day I see really snotty responses to questions posted on the list. > I'm really curious as to why you would say "Read the FAQ" or "It's > on the site somewhere" rather than just give the answer if/when you > already know it. 1. If they don't read the FAQ, there's not much point in volunteers like me using my spare time to maintain it. 2. If we tell them to read the FAQ for one question, they should remember about it for any other questions which might be answered there, and then not bother us with those questions. 3. You should also remember that everyone answering questions here does so in their own time, we don't appreciate answering questions that people could find out for themselves in a matter of minutes from the link clearly labelled "FAQ" on FreeBSD's web site. It isn't exactly hard to find. 4. It's a matter of principle, see parts 1-3. -- Ben Smithurst / ben@FreeBSD.org / PGP: 0x99392F7D FreeBSD Documentation Project / [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use MessageID: MX1seVw6p33ZMZYnUakNUxCpiroZP/a5 iQCVAwUBOXN3RisPVtiZOS99AQGZPwP/advrqF/sZS1LhuyBJpANaNnWTzaWWTUC OoLkPiKTt6qIjUo8TyuDooHMy5D/VJQetZlUEgHF+1ZzIhGRK5vYwb7zYUlwAzrT z7fhxXZ/iQ5pN4U0RpR6++YwCZfy2pdxdxZGpOiClcaVfT52pTu528pXJ9rVivMH e5qLI/F5bhc= =aWTZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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