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- From: Conrad_Nobili@Harvard.EDU (Conrad C. Nobili)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Reducing traffic on c.o.l.
- Message-ID: <Conrad_Nobili-120193134747@nobili.harvard.edu>
- Date: 12 Jan 93 19:05:06 GMT
- References: <1993Jan11.072811.4066@athena.mit.edu> <1993Jan12.043947.9935@sfu.ca>
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- In article <1993Jan12.043947.9935@sfu.ca>, wonge@fraser.sfu.ca (Edmund
- Wong) wrote:
-
- > Do no forget that you too was a newbie once, so just because you know
- > how to fiddle with Linux, it doesn't mean that newbies can be ignored.
-
- As a newbie I found all I needed in FAQs and by *reading* (not posting)
- news.
-
- The problem is not that newbies might be ignored, but rather that newbies
- are ignoring the blamed FAQs.... Newbies with new questions won't be
- ignored....
-
- > quite frankly, I don't think any Linux Gurus/Pros/Wizards would sit in
- > front of the terminal, reading each newbie question in the other
- > "help forums", when each newbie question can be answered by reading
- > the FAQ.
-
- Uh, frankly, that's the idea.... (Read your last phrase again....)
-
- > ... but hey, it's my $0.02 worth, anyway.
-
- Remember, folks, this is $0.02 CDN.... ;-) Sorry, stupid cheap shot.
-
- > But how about these? Don't these messages waste bandwidth ... ?
-
- Yes, I am loathe to post this sort of crap, but my exasperation overcame
- me.
-
- Conrad C. Nobili N1LPM Conrad_Nobili@Harvard.EDU Harvard University OIT
-