-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 02/18/07 17:07, Hans du Plooy wrote: > On Sun, 2007-02-18 at 22:02 +0100, Joe Hart wrote: [snip] > No matter how easy or difficult the question you ask, there will always > be some smartass who tell to you go RTFM (which is often a longer > sentence to type than the answer to your question). Don't let it bother > you. Eric S. Raymond's advice is good advice, but I know people can be > intimidated and/or confused by some documentation out there. Heck, > after more than 10 years of using linux some projects' documentation > still overwhelm me. If you know absolutely nothing about a certain > program or the technologies involved, it can be difficult to figure out > where to start.
Then that's what you say at the beginning of your email. :) These two quotes are guaranteed to garner sympathy: "I'm a noob and I don't know enough to know where to begin to look." "Internet access is flaky, slow and expensive." (Of course, saying that with an @stanford.edu address will only get you flamed...) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFF2OdUS9HxQb37XmcRAu3OAJ9bSY3UnOfa/g8DswTfbGX7OuVjsgCg251L fg5c7RtwVCHEYqqMPNkXNcs= =/Wj4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
