On Sunday 11 December 2005 03:16 am, MJ Ray wrote: > > Telling a new user to "shut up" first thing is traditional troll > > behavior [...] > > Opening by asking whether anyone is alive is traditional troll > behaviour (is there anyone to annoy?), possibly second only to a/s/l. > I don't know whether it still does, but the #debian topic used > to warn against that and asking to whether to ask.
Yes, asking if you can ask a question is generally considered bad form on any channel, though large ones like #debian that get noob idiots looking for instant answers without any effort (these people really should be going to http://www.debian.org/consultants/ instead and pay for our time) tend to get particularly antsy about it. -- Paul Johnson Email and Instant Messenger (Jabber): [EMAIL PROTECTED] Got jabber? http://ursine.ca/Ursine:Jabber
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