Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 13:42:58 -0700 From: Samantha Dahl Stack <samantha@bendnet.com> To: Donald Burr <dburr@pobox.com> Cc: Dan Langille <junkmale@xtra.co.nz>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Newbies FAK Message-ID: <35BCE652.2D2FFF4F@bendnet.com> References: <XFMail.980727105732.dburr@pobox.com>
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Ya, what dburr said! Donald Burr wrote: > My secret spy satellite informs me that on 27-Jul-98, Dan Langille wrote: > > On 23-Jul-98 Samantha Stack wrote: > >> > >>Just wanted to say I think the EFnet channel #freebsd is a lot of help > >>and also a lot of fun :) > >> > > > > I've been in there, and been abused by an op for "not having learned > > anything" since the last time I was there. I've found #freebsd on > > undernet to be less crowded and more friendly and helpful. > > > > For an example of the kind of help I've recently obtained from that > > channel, try the CD-ROM and bash sections of the webpage in my > > signature. > > Don't write off the EFnet #freebsd channel so quickly. > > We sometimes forget that the people behind those IRC screen names are, > when it comes down to it, "only human." They have all the qualities and > failings that humans have had for countless generations. They have bad > hair days, bad work days, bad bosses, bad traffic, bad coffee, bad > crashes, and all sorts of things that tend to alter a human's mood for the > worst part. Plain and simple, Sometimes the ops get cranky. > Hell, Sometimes even the USERS get cranky. And sometimes (really, most of > the time, from my experience), everyone's in a happy, joking, > willing-to-help mood. Unfortunately, it's "luck o the draw" sometimes. > > I *can* tell you that, if I happen to be on #freebsd, I always endeavor to > help, and if the oper's are acting skittish at the moment, I usually set up > my own channel and invite people there until things quiet down in #freebsd. > So look for the irc nick "dburr" :) > --- > Donald Burr <dburr@pobox.com> *NEW EMAIL ADDRESS!* | PGP: Your > WWW HomePage: http://DonaldBurr.base.org/ ICQ #1347455 | right to > Address: P.O. Box 91212, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-1212 | 'Net privacy. > Phone: (805) 957-9666 FAX: (800) 492-5954 | USE IT. > >>FreeBSD - Turning PCs into Workstations - http://www.freebsd.org/<<; > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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