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Re: [FLAME] Clueless Newbie (was: Re: help)
I don't like this kind of approach
Just tell the newbie which does not even know how to ask, to read the rules or
direct him to the appropriate documents.
He want to use linux but he cant guess what to do next after the installation,
and we are here for this kind of Question too, not for answering though but to
redirect and teach how to learn.
Few month ago a newbie approached me with a Question that he cant install PPPD I
told him to read the HOWTO and He told me that its to long and he don't want to
read it, Flog Him He deserve it but give this guy at least a chance to repeal
from his unaware bad way of solving his Linux problems.
Omer Zak wrote:
> Another clueless newbie, who cares more about wasting the time of other
> Linux-il subscribers than about making a sincere attempt to at least
> locate a volunteer for private E-mail contact before bothering the entire
> list with his elementary questions.
>
> Can the owner of this mailing list check and make sure that new
> subscribers indeed get the warning about SCSI cable flogging?
>
> On Fri, 12 Feb 1999, Udi Sharir wrote:
>
> > First how do I set connection to Netvision ISDN.
>
> Ask the Netvision support people. You pay them money, they should help
> you.
>
> > Second Netscape doesn't go up.
>
> Did you try it from console? (And if you ask what 'console' means here,
> then you'll be sentenced to flogging by a modified & barbed SCSI cable.)
>
> > How do I start the x window or the agly screen I get after login it is it.
>
> RTFM.
>
> > How do I install ISDN card.
>
> Do you want instructions about the care, feeding and usage of a
> Phillips screwdriver? Do you know what is a Phillips screwdriver, or do I
> have to explain also this to you?
>
> > and why can't i play the games that are in /var/games/
>
> Open a book about Unix for dummies and read about the mysterious and
> magic-filled 'ls' command.
>
> > and how do I access other drives like other HDD and CDROM and Floppy?
>
> Sorry, you cannot access those drives. You don't have enough privileges
> for this purpose. Any attempt made by you to access those drives will be
> punished by Zeus throwing a lightning on your computer's motherboard and
> the electronics board in your first HDD.
>
> --- Omer
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