On Thu 30 Sep 2021 at 12:23:45 -0400, Henning Follmann wrote: > On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 05:48:19PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 10:14:05AM -0400, Henning Follmann wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > What baffels me is though, at what length someone would go to not use the > > > default > > > methods to connect via wifi. Especially when they showed limited > > > experience > > > in networking in the first place. > > > > This remark was, IMO, unnecessary: after all, that's how we learn around > > here, > > don't we? > > > > At least that's how I learn. > > > > That is not me. > I will not encourage anyone to set themselves up for failure. > I might be unpolished, and you expressed before that I am rude. > However I think most people benefit from a realistic point > of their own capabilities. > I just do not think throwing somebody from a ship in the middle > of the ocean and thinking he/she will learn to swim. I rather send > them to the kiddie pool, no matter how offended they are.
Someone jumping in at the deep end is eventually going to learn, but it frequently would involve someone elses considerable time and effort. Something to factor in when co-operation is on the table. Sharing knowledge and experience with a user who hasn't any clear concept of what the shallow end is like very often doesn't lead to a satisfactory outcome. Advising going back to basics is likely to be of the greatest benefit to both parties. > And it is not the case that I do not want them to learn. Quite the > opposite is true. This is very believable. I wouldn't doubt it. -- Brian.
