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- From: avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au (Darren Reed)
- Subject: Re: Top 50 Killers (12/7/92-19/7/92)
- Message-ID: <avalon.711993709@coombs>
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- Organization: Computer Services Centre, Australian National University
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- Date: 24 Jul 92 16:01:49 GMT
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- jvmg9796@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Doc) writes:
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- >avalon@sorokin.anu.edu.au (Darren Reed) writes:
-
- >>Some things to avoid in #twilight_zone are asking:
-
- >>* "can I ask a question ?"
- >>* "is anyone here ?"
- >>* "how does irc work ?"
- >>* "i want to learn about irc, can anyone help me ?"
- >>* "i want to setup a server, '' '' '' '' ?"
-
- >>and so on. Some of them will make the channel so quiet, you would think
- >>everyone was asleep :-)
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- >Pity us, O great gods of the #twilight_zone, if we displease you with our
- >trite questions. Remember that we are mere mortal fools.
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- >...shessh, Gwyd was right, tz is full of a bunch of elitist snobs.
-
- Not really. How many of the above would you really want to answer ?
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- Not only this, it is a waste of time for many people to have to wait
- for people to get through the "can I ask a question" phase. Why is it
- a waste of time ? Well some people IRC while they work on #tz.
-
- People who come onto the channel and ask questions which are to the
- point usually get answers quite quickly (if people are available and
- able to anwser).
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- #tz nearly always has at least 1 live member...but to those who wander
- in and expect it to be a live and happening place, just read the above.
-
- avalon
- "
-