Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 13:40:05 -0800 (PST) From: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org> To: mlduke <mlduke@concentric.net> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Information Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003301335040.61945-100000@dt051n0b.san.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10003292240470.1470-100000@mlduke.concentric.net>
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On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, mlduke wrote:
> You missed the entire point.
> This was not for people who know--it is for those who do not.
> Your kind of stuff helps put a stop to similar stuff.
> ...unless I am the sender...
You'll have to excuse me if I don't quite understand your
point. If you are saying that you should be posting long, overly complex
solutions to simple problems, and not have a more experienced user offer a
simpler, alternative suggestion, that's just plain silly. One of the
initial objections to the formation of this list was that it had the
potential to devolve into a "blind leading the blind" problem.
I am all for having new users share their insights, and I
encourage others to do so. But part of learning is to be open to new ways
of doing things, so please don't be surprised if someone else (whether
they be a more or less experienced user than you are) has a better and/or
different solution to the same problem. That's part of how unix works.
Good luck,
Doug
> > On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, mlduke wrote:
> >
> > > /usr/local/bin/xboard
> > > And the game is on.
> >
> > You're working too hard. :)
> >
> > grep xboard /var/db/pkg/xboard/+CONTENTS
> >
> > :)
--
"So, the cows were part of a dream that dreamed itself into
existence? Is that possible?" asked the student incredulously.
The master simply replied, "Mu."
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