On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 19:01, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > On Tuesday 17 June 2003 12:46 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Tuesday 17 Jun 2003 2:54 pm, Tru64 User wrote: > > > Additional Notes: > > > The list I am talking about has been in existence long > > > before Linux mandrake was popular. Before HPQ bought > > > Compaq, and b4 Compaq bought DEC. > > > DEC Alpha -Tru64 Unix List. > > > > This is getting tiresome. No doubt your *other* list has its > > purposes. Part of the purpose of this list is so that we can all > > learn, which we do from reading the whole troubleshooting process. > > We *do* encourage solutions to be posted. If you have given up > > reading by then you will miss them, but if the subject's interesting > > to you, you will learn much. > > > > As I have said before, give me an answer and it will solve my problem > > - this time. Next time I meet it I will have to ask again. Teach me > > to troubleshoot that problem and I have learned something valuable. > > That's what I get from both the newbie and the expert list. > > > > And, BTW, your over-long quotes are a PITA to those why pay by the > > minute. > > > > Anne > > Just an add-on: I can see where a list whose membership consisted entirely of > sysadmins and similar types would work under the rules proposed by the OP. > However, the membership here is much more heterogeneous any way you slice it > -- experience, knowledge, usage, whatever. I heartily endorse the idea of a > Summary response (here it's usually done by adding [SOLVED] to the original > subject), particularly when the thread has been a long one. Doing so brings > closure to the thread, greatly simplifies searching the archives, and it has > the additional benefit of thanking those who contributed to the solution. > -- cmg
Can this then end this thread *grin*! James
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