From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 14 17:54:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA02715 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 17:54:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from indigo.ie (nsmart@ts01-56.waterford.indigo.ie [194.125.139.119]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA02703 for ; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 00:54:32 GMT (envelope-from rotel@indigo.ie) Received: (from nsmart@localhost) by indigo.ie (8.8.8/8.8.7) id BAA01237; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 01:54:31 +0100 (IST) (envelope-from rotel@indigo.ie) From: Niall Smart Message-Id: <199804150054.BAA01237@indigo.ie> Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 01:54:31 +0000 In-Reply-To: Greg Lehey "Re: Lost root shell" (Apr 15, 9:56am) Reply-To: rotel@indigo.ie X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.2.6 beta(3) 11/17/96) To: Greg Lehey , rotel@indigo.ie, Sean Harding Subject: Re: Lost root shell Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Apr 15, 9:56am, Greg Lehey wrote: } Subject: Re: Lost root shell > > I don't have a problem with not answering stupid or disrespectful > questions. I do it all the time myself. But that wasn't the issue. Well, perhaps this is my *real* gripe. Most of the people who ask for a personal reply tend to fall into the "OHMIGOD I have a terrible problem thats all your fault come and fix it for me now!" or "hey, how does ppp work?" category. > > This is the first list I've seen that regularly posts guidelines for > > the people *answering* the questions. > > Do you consider that good or bad? Well, it can't do any harm, although the usual target for this kind of thing are the people who ask stupid questions or ask in an ignorant fashion so its not nice to be lumped in with them :) Heh. Thanks, Niall -- Niall Smart. Microsoft Suck. See www.freebsd.org for details. echo "#define if(x) if(!(x))" >> /usr/include/stdio.h To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message