=- John Niendorf wrote on Wed 26.Jun'13 at 12:47:03 +0900 -=
> This is only my point of view.
To everyone his own. ;)
> 1. RTFM is rude. It is usually written by people who seem to feel
> the need to show that they know more than someone else.
Somebody hasn't done his homework and wants somebod
On 2013/6/25 11:47 PM, John Niendorf wrote:
I've been watching this thread for a while and thinking "Good grief, give me a
break".
This is only my point of view.
1. RTFM is rude. It is usually written by people who seem to feel the need to
show that they know more than someone else.
2. Having t
I've been watching this thread for a while and thinking "Good grief, give me a
break".
This is only my point of view.
1. RTFM is rude. It is usually written by people who seem to feel the need to
show that they know more than someone else.
2. Having to put up with people who ask basic questio
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 09:03:32PM +1000, Erik Christiansen wrote:
> On 21.06.13 10:13, Rado Q wrote:
> > But not to make one side happy and reject the other, how about this:
> > we get 2 lists, one for the basic&simple stuff (mutt-users), the other
> > for "advanced" (mutt-adventures). Have some m
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 12:36 AM, Robert Holtzman wrote:
> At the risk of raising everyones ire, there are times, especially with a
> really basic question and no indication of any effort on the poster's
> part, reply by asking what research has been done, what has been tried,
> and what were the
On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 05:58:16PM -0500, Derek Martin wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 09:51:13AM -0500, Dale A. Raby wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 08:35:25AM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote:
> > > I really don't need to be told RTFM. I am 80 yrs old.
> > > I forget things.
>
> [I think people
On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 09:47:23PM +1000, Erik Christiansen wrote:
> On 21.06.13 10:52, Eduardo Alvarez wrote:
> > That sounds like a fantastic compilation, not just for practical knowledge,
> > but
> > I'm betting a little of history as well. Would you care to share it? :)
>
> At first I thought
On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 07:30:46AM +, John Long wrote:
> > Asking on a mailing list, where someone (or many someones) almost
> > certainly knows the answer without looking it up, AND will reply to
> > you usually in less than 5 minutes, while you go make yourself a nice
> > cup of tea, is a muc
On 21.06.13 10:52, Eduardo Alvarez wrote:
> That sounds like a fantastic compilation, not just for practical knowledge,
> but
> I'm betting a little of history as well. Would you care to share it? :)
At first I thought that's not a problem, if it is of any interest. But
it includes pastes of sett
On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 05:58:16PM -0500, Derek Martin wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 09:51:13AM -0500, Dale A. Raby wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 08:35:25AM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote:
> > > I really don't need to be told RTFM. I am 80 yrs old.
> > > I forget things.
>
> [I think people
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 09:03:32PM +1000, Erik Christiansen wrote:
>
> The real and substantial impairments, both physical and mental, which
> accrue with advancing age, are easily overlooked in the ignorance of
> youth, or even middle age. Though two decades behind our petitioner for
> a quick hi
=- Erik Christiansen wrote on Fri 21.Jun'13 at 21:03:32 +1000 -=
> It is only desirable to chastise any serial abuser of the list's
> patience - a KLB. Your lawyer's response, Rado, lacks practical
> merit.
"Serial" is not only limited to a single individual, serial
can consist of many different
On 2013-06-20, Derek Martin wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 09:51:13AM -0500, Dale A. Raby wrote:
>> On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 08:35:25AM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote:
>> > I really don't need to be told RTFM. I am 80 yrs old.
>> > I forget things.
>
> [I think people should take note: this comment
On 21.06.13 10:13, Rado Q wrote:
> But not to make one side happy and reject the other, how about this:
> we get 2 lists, one for the basic&simple stuff (mutt-users), the other
> for "advanced" (mutt-adventures). Have some moderators sitting on
> the basic- line forwarding the advanced stuff (&user
=- Derek Martin wrote on Thu 20.Jun'13 at 17:58:16 -0500 -=
> [I think people should take note: this comment clearly suggests that
> Paul, like many people, has had negative experiences asking relatively
> simple questions on mailing lists like this one, if not this very one.]
True.
> > I normal
On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 09:51:13AM -0500, Dale A. Raby wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 08:35:25AM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote:
> > I really don't need to be told RTFM. I am 80 yrs old.
> > I forget things.
[I think people should take note: this comment clearly suggests that
Paul, like many peopl
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