On Mon 27 Mar 2017 at 22:27:05 (+0900), Mark Fletcher wrote: > On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 08:38:08AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > > On 2017-03-27 at 07:14, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > > > Please avoid trying to briefly explain. > > > Please refer me to a good web page. > > > I *KNOW* I'm missing something fundamental. > > > A web page will either have links to whatever my underlying problem is. > > > Or it will inherently use keywords for which I can search. > > > Thank you. > > > > Can you explain what your question is? > > > > . and ~ are sufficiently distinct that I'm not sure what the nature of > > your confusion could be, so I'm not sure what to potentially link you > > to. > > > > -- > I was thinking the same. Essentially posted "I have a basic > misunderstanding. For God's sake don't help me!
No, the question is posed in such a way that the OP can slap you down when you answer it in your way as opposed to the OP's required way. It took 6 minutes for Peter Ludikovsky to fall into the trap, and a further 19 minutes for the rude response, "Peter Ludikovsky wrote without useful content:". > Instead I want to use > this list as a human search engine" Or, as Curt wrote in https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/03/msg00694.html "And anyway, it's obvious Dick Owlett is crowdsourcing his retirement, and although it's smart and modern, where's the fun in that?" I liked this, from the same person earlier on the same day: "Maybe not what you're asking. But if you would be kind enough to tailor your questions to my answers, it would be much more pleasant for the both of us." > Takes all sorts I suppose... Cheers, David.
