Y'know - I intended this to go to the list...
On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, Jon 'maddog' Hall, Executive Director, Linux International wrote:
> And when you are at a meeting, and are lost in the Jargon, ask the person
> to please explain what they are talking about. One of the tenants of the
> Linux User Group is that we help newcomers understand what is going on,
> even if it means we have to slow down our conversations a bit, IYKWIM.
Hmm. Perhaps 'Jargon' wasn't quite the word I meant (if I used it).
At this point, the jargon (generally) isn't what loses me. It's the sheer
volume of information that the group as a whole knows. Besides, how do you
ask a question about a topic with which you are completely unfamiliar?
Especially if it's technical enough that there *is* no quick summary of
it.
*shrug* I tend to be (relatively) quiet both onlist and at meetings AFA
the technical topics because I *don't* know enough about a lot of topics
to ask questions. But listening usually gives me a good enough feel for
them to go searching for info at a later date (if I remember and/or am
interested enough in them).
I have now completely lost the original point of my message, so I'm going
to stop now. Hopefully something I said both related and made sense. :)
Suzanne
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