> But in the past couple of years, I see hangers on trying to show off
by bullying new comers, and that's really distasteful
Possibly what you are experiencing in part is "bikeshedding"
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bikeshedding
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson%27s_Law_of_Triviality
I was guilty myself when I popped off an answer mentioning the FAQ,
and guessing it would generate a lot of trivial responses...
On a question like the one that started this thread,
most any OpenBSD user knew enough to quickly point to the FAQ
answer... And for a bully, well it was an easy one to pounce on.
