On Thu, 22 Nov 2001 14:31:15 -0800, you wrote: >Linda Laubenheimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Brian Nelson wrote: >> > >> > "Robert L. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > >> > > Hmm, when did this become an elitist, better than you mailing list? Is >> > > this >> > > debian-users or debian-I-am-God-worship-me? >> > >> > Is this debian-user, or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian's always >> > been elitist. That's why it's so much fun. >> >> Are you deliberately acting like a poorly reared, snotty pre-teen, or >> is it a genetic fault? > >Mostly the former, since this is infinitely more amusing than being >with the relatives, but partly the latter knowing those relatives I'm >avoiding. > >> Just because debian is a fine OS, it does not make those of us who >> will use whatever is convenient at the moment some sort of "lesser >> being". > >My point wasn't that people who use a .*Microsoft email client are >"lesser beings" because they can't make Debian work; I mean that they >most likely aren't trying hard enough. Debian isn't about holding >newbies' hands. There isn't a mailing list dedicated to newbies >installing debian. The information is out there; it's up to them to >find it, understand it, and apply it. It's like a right of passage. > >Besides, isn't this the debian-user mailing list, for discussions >among debian users? > >> I, at least, don't let religious fanaticism interfere with doing a >> job. > >I'm not religiously fanatical. I just have no interest in helping >someone who can't be bothered to read readily available information. >Sure, there may be a rare case that someone using a .*Microsoft mailer >asked a decent question, but when's the last time that happened?
I use Agent Forte on an M$ machine. My Linux box is not online yet because I don't yet have a second NIC, nor do I understand IP masking or a lot of other things. I have asked questions recently in this forum. They were, I believe, 'decent.' I received courteous, helpful, and timely responses. I have even been able to post the occasional answer to other's queries, all from an M$ machine. Other than BASIC and ASM stuff on TRS-80s a long time ago, I've been a Win3/9x appliance operator. I chose Debian for my Linux distr because it is down and dirty and not hidden by a UI that would slow the learning process. But choosing Debian did not suddenly make me proficient in the argot, nor did it steep me in the Unix/Linux culture. Often it's not that I don't RTFM, but that I don't know which FM to effingR. There's a whole pot full of nice, caring, and helpful people on this list. You are the exception. In short, you are a prick. gt > >-- >Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://bignachos.com Yes I fear I am living beyond my mental means--Nash
