At 13:00 2016-07-22, Ted Roche <[email protected]> wrote:
On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 1:24 PM, Gene Wirchenko <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> 0) Please read
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> By Eric Steven Raymond
> and
>
>
http://radio-weblogs.com/0117767/stories/2004/05/19/whyIDontAnswerYourQuestions.html
> Why I Don't Answer Your Questions
> By Ted Roche
>
An excellent suggestion!
I'm astounded the radio-weblogs.com site is still up. They've been
out-of-business/in statis/bought by somebody else for a decade now.
An updated link, same content:
http://blog.tedroche.com/2004/05/19/dont-answer-questions/
Thank you for the update.
> Keep a set of test data so that you can restore to a known point.
>
>
> Others may be interested in your problem, because they have run into
> it, too.
>
> If you post a "Never mind. I solved it.", the "Never mind." will
> probably be applied to your next question. You might not want that.
Well said!
Well, I know I sure feel that way. We are a community, but
some do not appear to have caught on.
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko
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