Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 12:47:57 -0800 From: "Jeremiah Gowdy" <jgowdy@home.com> To: "Chris Wasser" <cwasser@v-wave.com>, "Jim Conner" <jconner@enterit.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: The real Unix problem Message-ID: <003701c057ea$28854400$aa240018@cx443070b> References: <200011260323.AA149619028@wdc.callgtn.com> <200011260323.AA149619028@wdc.callgtn.com> <5.0.0.25.0.20001126044504.01e58bb8@mail.enterit.com>
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> Anybody could have asked the very same question in a much more acceptable > manner...especially from the start. I have to admit, that the ONE thing > that drives me NUTTY are those who when they first get asked a question > their first response is : RTFM!! But on the flip side of that, I can't > stand people who just ask questions ALL the time and aren't willing to try > and find a less convenient (perhaps) more reliable (most likely) avenue of > getting their questions answered. So it goes both ways and this argument > could go on forever. So, in the interest of time...mr mouth (below) should > have been way more tact when he asked his question...er did he ask?! :) I don't believe in attacking the ignorant or innocent. Even if someone asks a question a hundred times in #freebsdhelp, even though I get insanely frustrated, I don't chew the guy out. I try to walk him through it. But when people throw out the word 'fuck' 50 times in an email expressing how stupid a Unix class operating system is simply because that person cannot understand it, that person doesn't need FreeBSD help, they need mental help. That person is closed minded and unwilling to listen, and truly undeserving of help. I don't believe in screaming RTFM to calm (although repeated) questions, from newbies. You sit and think THAT QUESTION HAS BEEN ASKED 1,000,000 TIMES. But from the other point of view, that person has only asked the question once, and is honestly trying to become a new member of the FreeBSD community. I respect that, because I was there, as was most everyone else. People who are hostile however, do not deserve assistance, because how can they master FreeBSD when they have not mastered themselves ? (Grasshopper) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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