Kent, I belong to about 10 other mailing lists. Various car clubs, sport tuners, cultural association, etc. I have never had my head torn off this bad for a marginally off-topic post. It's not like I posted here to ask how to troubleshoot the MAS to ECU link on my Mitsubishi 3000GT...
Granted, the question was pretty basic, but given the verbiage in the manual "install another copy of httpd", I hope that others can see why it was confusing. Being ignored is one thing. Seeing reply posts saying something to the effect of, "Your post does not meet the guidelines, please do not post off-topic" would be fine too. But getting smart-ass comments with cheap shots at my title, etc. is ridiculous. What's more shocking is seeing people here defend those actions. I will make a point to post on-topic from now on... Tyson Varosyan Technical Manager, Uptime Technical Solutions LLC. [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.up-times.com 206-715-TECH (8324) UpTime/OnTime/AnyTime -----Original Message----- From: Kent West [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 6:39 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Not a Debian question, but you guys know this stuff... Tyson Varosyan wrote: >Again, I apologize for posting a Windows-based problem on this board, but I >did so with the assumption that there would be many Apache users here and >that the more experienced ones may know how to help me in Windows and Linux. > > >I reinforced my belief in the >reasons why most people use software that has documentation and phone >numbers to call for help. > > Just to make it clear, your problem is with Apache and Windows, not with Debian. (Although I agree with you that the responses you got were offensive, even if they were "technically" appropriate.) (And I personally don't have an issue with the rare off-topic post on this list if there's a good chance that this list can provide the answer. Unfortunately, in your case, this list apparently could not provide the answer, and the response you should have gotten is silence or a polite redirection rather than the rudeness you received. (I now expect to get flamed, but that's okay; it happens.)) -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
