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- From: ghporter@NetXpress.com (Glenn H. Porter)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: FAQ
- Date: Tue, 02 Apr 1996 02:52:36 GMT
- Organization: Digital Alpha Server NetXpress.com
- Message-ID: <4jq4v5$2s5@ferrari.NetXpress.com>
- References: <4jmhi1$e7f@ferrari.NetXpress.com> <1996Mar31.201139.11073@sq.com> <4jn08c$nar@news2.cais.com> <danpop.828323217@rscernix>
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- danpop@mail.cern.ch (Dan Pop) wrote:
-
- <snip>
- >No way. People don't read FAQ's, don't read news.announce.newusers,
- >don't read the newsgroup before posting. Their time is too valuable to
- >be wasted in this way. I've seen plenty of posts starting like this:
- >"This might be a FAQ, but here it goes...". Everybody is convinced that
- >the rules apply to others, not to him/her :-(
-
- >I've also followed countless discussions on this theme, and the only result
- >was a waste of time. I've accepted that this is Usenet and no amount of
- >effort could change it.
-
- >Dan
-
- I would have read the entire FAQ the first time I saw a post that told
- someone to 'check the FAQ'. I just couldn't find it posted here.
- (Seems that if I'd waited a few days it would have been right here.)
-
- It seems that on this group, the FAQ is more than 'frequently asked
- questions', but rather a substantial text on the c language. It is
- also a sort of 'holy' book, to listen to some who respond to questions
- posted here.
-
- I'd suggest that everyone just use a little sense and patience. Give
- a person the benefit of the doubt when they ask a question, and before
- asking a question, see if there is a mention of the subject in the
- 264+K of FAQ that exists today.
-
- Regards,
- Glenn
-
-