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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.712066359@coombs>
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- Organization: Computer Services Centre, Australian National University
- References: <CKD.92Jul22110054@loiosh.eff.org> <1992Jul23.181920.17926@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> <HROSE.92Jul23150918@rocza.eff.org> <1992Jul23.201732.23698@rat.csc.calpoly.edu> <avalon.711947995@sorokin> <BrwFCp.3op@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <avalon.711993709@coombs> <BrwzGu.C4E@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: 25 Jul 92 12:12:39 GMT
-
- jvmg9796@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Doc) writes:
-
- >avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au (Darren Reed) writes:
-
- >>Not really. How many of the above would you really want to answer ?
-
- >I wouldnt mind helping out a newbie. Sheez its not that hard to be
- >helpful.
-
- No, but after a while it becomes tedious. There are some who ask
- beginner questions but the question is stupid or they dont understand
- the question or answers. eg, last night, a person came on #tz and
- asked about securing their host by killing all listening processes.
- The people present tried to answer the question but it became evident
- that the person asking the question didnt know what type of security
- they wanted or if it would be secure and those present became somewhat
- disenchanted with the individual. These type of people are very annoying
- and lead to the other conditions of the channel. But maybe its time
- some of #twilight_zone 'moved on'...to say, #Old_Ones or some other
- backwater where people can seek us out for quesions that the new guard
- of #tz cant answer. If you want to lend a hand, join the channel and
- stay a while....stay forever :)..maybe you'll see why then.
-
- [...]
- >People are only trying to use good manners when they ask that. They
- >would think themselves rather due if they just joined the channel and
- >said "hey, how do you.....?" so they try to introduce themselves by
- >asking if anyone can help them.
-
- blah, humbug!#@
-
- >>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).
-
- >Well I have followed the "rules" you listed, cam onto tz and asked
- >my question, waited...waited....waited.....nothing. Or, the conver-
-
- Probably because nobody is there (had been said and explained many times).
-
- >sation at hand continued as if I werent even there. How could
- >people not get the impression that the channel was inhabited by
- >snobs with that kind of (non) response?
-
- Perhaps everyone present saw who you were and decided that you were
- lame and an obnoxious news poster and ignored you ? >:->
-
- av
-