Hi Ian,  

On April 3, 2003 09:26 am, Ian Tindale wrote:
> On Thursday 03 April 2003 12:21 am, Carlos C. Gonzalez wrote:
> > Oh well.  Lists seem to be much better than forums for some odd reason
> > but they sure do fill up the mailboxes.
>
> You're not supposed to actually read them. They're there to make it seem
> like you know about certain subjects. I've got absolutely tonnes of unread
> list mail about Java, Cocoa, Objective-C and suchlike. You'd think that I
> actually know how to program. Same as my bookshelf. None of it has the
> slightest meaning to me, however, and I'm as unable to program as I ever
> was, 20 years ago. However, just looking at all the mail pile up lets me
> see statistically which are the popular topics, so I know which words to
> use when discussing technology.

Now THAT's funny!  LOL.  

I hope my domain hoster sees all the "guru" mail I am getting into my mail box 
on their server.  Maybe they'll give me some kind of "guru" status and give 
me a discount.  

You know something else that's funny?  I am now labeled a "guru" on the Gentoo 
forum.  Why?  Because I know so little (relative to what I want to know) and 
have so much more to learn that I asked a lot of questions with over 300 
posts to my name.  So now I will probably get less help since I should know 
what I am doing.  Given that I am now a "guru".  Talk about a catch-22.  

Carlos 
www.internetsuccess.ca 


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