Subject: Re: Segmentation Fault with Netscape Communicator 4.5
Date: Thu, Feb 25, 1999 at 08:26:58PM +0100
In reply to:Anthony GGP
Quoting Anthony GGP([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
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>
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> > This has been answered over a dozen times in the last two months.
> > Could I suggest that you check the mail archives on www.debian.org
> > before asking questions here. Many of the European readers have to
> > pay big bucks to get mail off this list and a lot of your questions
> > have been asked before, and are in the archives.
>
> Wayne:
>
Did I answer your question with this message? If so, I was in
error. I thought I was answering a msg from a 'pollywog'. I had been
deluged with 'pollywog' messages and thought I was responding to him.
My apologies.
>
> No offense taken.
> I have actually checked out various online resources including the Netscape
> Website, Debian.org, man pages and HOWTOs and have been monitoring the
> mailing list for some time and have not found an answer to my question.
> However, I must admit I did fail to check out dejanews. I'll be sure to
> check it out next time.
>
And I forgot to mention it as well. :-(
> Living in Europe myself and having to pay "big bucks", I sympathize with
> those annoyed by repeatedly asked questions. However, I would like to ask
> you to be a little more considerate in this regard as, with the current
> Linux boom, there are many newbies out there with many unanswered questions,
> despite doing a great deal of research on their own. And when these people
> actually do post a question I think they'd appreciate a helping hand.
>
> Besides, isn't that what this mailing-list is about, to offer help and
> advice to those who need it?
>
Yes, and I try to help whenever I can. But as an instructor myself,
I find that ' some people ', tend to get in the habit of asking for
answers to problems without doing any research themselves. This list
is populated with people who 'know' so much and it is such a good
resource, some seem to take advantage of it.
I believe that if you give a person a pointer to where the answers
can be found, you do more for them in the long run. If I answered a
question with " Do x, y & z ", if might solve your problem but it
would not have educated you.
Best regards,
Wayne
--
Documentation is the castor oil of programming. Managers know it must
be good because the programmers hate it so much.
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Wayne T. Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
