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- From: asamonte@hertz.elee.calpoly.edu (Just some loser...)
- Newsgroups: alt.irc
- Subject: Re: #hack and #twilight_zone
- Message-ID: <1992Sep14.204734.167945@zeus.calpoly.edu>
- Date: 14 Sep 92 20:47:34 GMT
- References: <1992Sep14.181242.28718@csus.edu> <HROSE.92Sep14143937@rocza.eff.org>
- Sender: news@zeus.calpoly.edu
- Organization: Nothing worth mentioning...
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- hrose@eff.org (Helen Trillian Rose) was telling me...
- >Stephen> == Stephen A Chaney <chaneysa@nextnet.csus.edu>
- >
- >[...]
- >
- > Stephen> I went and POLITELY (read: NICELY WITHOUT BEING UGLY) asked
- > Stephen> about this problem, and I got this from #twilight_zone:
- >
- >[...]
- >
- >I dunno about #hack, but #Twilight_Zone people tend to get irritated
- >answering every little question. "How can I compile <insert name of
- >program that usually has nothing to do with irc here>?" "How can I fix
- >it so that I can run my ircIIbot?" "so and so took my nick, how can I
- >get it back?", etc.
-
- Well I find that they get irritated with just about anything. IRC related
- or not...
-
- >I'm not saying #Twilight_Zone'rs won't answer questions. It's just that
-
- <Grin> I am...
-
- >after 6,000,000 worthless questions a day, #T_Z'ers can be just a little
- >irritated. Give us a chance, we're human, we get angry just as much as
- >the next person. Although we try to answer questions to the best of our
- >ability, sometimes it's impossible (I've had people ask me how to dial
- >into their local computer network! As if I'd know!)
-
- Well, first of all. Being on #T_Z != Knowing much. I'm not saying that
- the people don #T_Z don't know much. I'm saying just because someone is
- on #T_Z doesn't mean they know things.
-
-
- >#Twilight_Zone'rs will help with general questions, but sometimes
- >questions like "how do I setup my VMS client?" can't be answered (mostly
- >because VMS people aren't around all the time) and other ones (like the
- >script one you mentioned).
-
- Most people on #T_Z are usually away, or just ignoring you if they don't
- know you anyways.
- #T_Z = replacement for the /wallops 'channel'
-
- As for #hack...they're just as elitist as #T_Z...possibly more.
-
- There is no sure fire way to get help. You just have to ask, and deal
- with people not helping you.
-
- -Alex
-