----- Original Message ----- > From: "Valdis Kletnieks" <valdis.kletni...@vt.edu>
> On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:22:11 EDT, Christopher Morrow said: > > folks do get that deric's primary language isn't English right? so > > asking him to explain is probably 'ok'. > > (yes, he could have put more details into his mail, yes it would > > have > > been more helpful and quicker to an answer for him...) > > Whatever else you might think of Eric S Raymond, the URL I cited is still > the best summary I've seen, and probably the most help we can give Deric > in under 64 bytes. Because let's face it, no matter *what* Deric's native > language is, he's not going to get anything useful from NANOG or any other > mailing list till he either reads Eric's FAQ, or otherwise learns the > info in there. Credit where due: "Smart Questions" was co-authored by Rick Moen, who apparently *couldn't* escape. (Pat yourself on the back if you got the reference, esoteric as it was.) And yes, that and Tatham are my two go-to references for people. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink j...@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA http://photo.imageinc.us +1 727 647 1274
