<div id="RTEContent">A valuable resource that, of course, should be listed on mn-linux valuable resource link page ;-)<br><br>jl<br><br><b><i>Erik Anderson <erikerik@gmail.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> On 12/27/05, Jim Louis <lcojiml@yahoo.com> wrote:<br>> I tend to agree that perhaps more research and trial/error should be put<br>> forth before sending an email asking for help. Sometimes taking a step back<br>> from the problem for a bit can help in looking at it in a different light. I<br>> like to think that part of all this open source is learning how to howto.<br>> After doing all the research then the questions seem to be more pertinent<br>> and detailed as well.<br><br>I completely agree with you...however...even if someone *does* ask a<br>seemingly easy-to-answer-with-a-quick-google-search question, it's not<br>okay to lay into him like Mr. Stohr did.
I understand what Erick was<br>trying to get at and agree with him, but his delivery was cold and<br>disrespectful at best.<br><br>We all know that the impersonal nature of email makes it easy to slip<br>into degrading and disrespectful comments. It would do us all good to<br>do our due diligence to not let that happen. We're all intelligent<br>people and should be able to have civilized conversation.<br><br>/me gets off his soapbox.<br><br>I'll throw this link into the mix...it's helped me many times<br>throughout the years:<br><br>http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html<br><br>-Erik<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota<br>tclug-list@mn-linux.org<br>http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list<br></lcojiml@yahoo.com></blockquote><br></div><BR><BR>///, ////<br> \ /, / >.<br> \ /, _/ /. James Louis <br> \_ /_/ /. Tech Warrior<br> \__/_ <
http://tecnogichida.endoftheinternet.org<br> /<<< \_\_ 612.203.2631<br> /,)^>>_._ \ lcojiml@yahoo.com<br> (/ \\ /\\\ jglouisjr@gmail.com <br> // ````<br>======((`=======[when weather means business]=======================<br><br>"I am an idealist. I don't know where I'm going but I'm on my way." <br> - Carl Sandburg<p>
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