From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Dec 21 14: 0:52 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from stinger.tds.com.au (stinger.tenix.com [203.103.237.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 180AE15554 for ; Tue, 21 Dec 1999 14:00:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lito.cruz@tenix.com) Received: (from smap@localhost) by stinger.tds.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) id IAA05539 for ; Wed, 22 Dec 1999 08:55:00 +1100 (EDT) Received: from python.tds.com.au(203.103.237.14) by stinger.tds.com.au via TENIX (V6) id xma005530; Wed, 22 Dec 99 08:54:37 +1100 Received: from [10.112.200.197] by python.tds.com.au via smtpd (for stinger.tds.com.au [203.103.237.13]) with SMTP; 21 Dec 1999 21:54:29 UT Received: from peacemaker.tenix.com (unverified) by mime_sweeper (Content Technologies SMTPRS 2.0.15) with ESMTP id ; Wed, 22 Dec 1999 08:59:48 +1100 Received: by PEACEMAKER with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id ; Wed, 22 Dec 1999 08:59:30 +1100 Message-Id: <6B750866A70DD311A18400902760DD0E504073@TITAN> From: CRUZ Lito To: "'Larry Hawk'" , newbies@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Experiences Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 08:53:53 +1100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org My biggest frustration is with the IRC channels and some of the newsgroups. There have been several times where I have a simple question about something that might take someone 5 minutes to help me with and all they can do is say "hey newbie, MAN ". It's almost like the automatic assumption is that I DON'T try to figure something out on my own before I ask. -------------------------- Your experience matches mine. They seem to pressume that part of being a newbie is not to read a manual. Sometimes you do read it and still won't get a clue as to what is happening. regards, LC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message