so then again Gilad, spear me the time for your long flame. Will you? Not likely, but i have to try.
On Sat, Oct 19, 2002 at 11:30:50AM +0200, Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote: > On Sat, 2002-10-19 at 06:13, Guy Cohen wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 19, 2002 at 02:32:13AM +0200, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: > > > > Latest kernel/pptp/pppd. > > > > no error messages, but pppd terminated before freeze. it happens to me > > > > on a regular besis. > > > > > > Flames notwithstanding this list is more often helpful than not, > > > *provided* a question is asked to which an answer can be given. The > > > above is an example of how *not* to ask for help on linux-il. > > > > > > > Dear Oleg G. > > > > [blah blah blah so much crap i can cry] > > > Guy, I'm going to assume that you are simply ignorant as opposed to > being a regular member of the orifice set and answer you seriously. I > don't know why I am being so nice, must be the morning drugs kicking > in... > > > And if i tell you what kernel version im using would you know > > how to solve this problem? let me think about it.... Nope you wouldn't. > > Yes, he would. Or at least - there is a very good chance he would. Your > assumption that because *you* have no idea what to do means that it's > same for Oleg is false. If you give the *exact* version Oleg could have > installed the same version on a box of his own and attempt to duplicate > the problem. If he succeeded he could have install a kernel debugger and > trace what causes the malfunction and perhaps fix it. > > I've seen Oleg do this kind of job at least once and the question of > whether or not he would have done it this time is directly related to > your attitude and the respect you show for his effort and precious time. > Right now I don't think he will bother giving you the time of day and so > shall I. > > > And I did not, In any place in my email said "I have a problem, please > > help me" or anything similar. I simply mentioned there's a bug that > > freeze the machine. > > > > So spear me your too long too boring "Let there be guideline!" flame. > > > > We we're trying to be helpfull and simply requested from you the details > that we *needed in order to help you*. With this kind of attitude I > think we will 'spear' you all right - spare you from your misery and > send your posts hereafter to the forgotten limbo planes realms of our > kill files... > > Gilad. > > -- > Gilad Ben-Yossef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://benyossef.com > > "Geeks rock bands cool name #8192: RAID against the machine" -- http://www.uadm.com | Local and Remote Unix/Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Administration. Security, Phone: +972 3 6201373 | Installations, Support & Upgrades. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
