On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 01:08:59 -0400 Christopher Clements <bcn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It also helps to find some kind, patient soul on IRC who can answer > any questions you have about said manuals or tell you how to avoid > embarrasing yourself by posting something stupid on a mailing list. > (Wish I'd learned sooner...) I think if you perform due-diligence Internet research, and if applicable reduce the malfunction to a minimum malfunctioning example, which you submit with your question, you're beyond reproach on a mailing list of any size. To make more complete the preceding paragraph, read http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Also, my observation over the years is that each list inhabitant has a balance sheet of questions asked vs answers given. The more one's balance sheet slants toward answers, the more forgiveness one gets when one asks a question that's in Google's top 5 responses. Finally, there's a certain type who hangs out on the Internet, who just lives to make other people wrong. Other than answering questions with a simple "no", or "that's wrong because...", they shed no light on what is right. I personally procmail these people to /dev/null: Life's too short, and discussion's too valuable, to have these guys shut down good conversations. Even though I've posted some pretty stupid stuff on DNG, I was never embarrased. We all make mistakes, and I used my due diligence. SteveT Steve Litt July 2017 featured book: Quit Joblessness: Start Your Own Business http://www.troubleshooters.com/startbiz _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
