> Nope. It is like: > Linux Techie : Here, take this manual. It teaches you how to make a > plane. If you cant understand any part of the manual, > only then ask me about the specific difficult part. Show > me that you made an effort yourself to learn at first. I > really cant afford to sit down with you in the plane and > teach you step by step - I have a job to do and a family > to support. For that either get a paid trainer, or > a paid pilot - ofcourse I may be available for these two > positions. ;)
Yikes!! This gives an impression that all Linux Techie lead a hand to mouth life. I thought Linuxers/GNUers are driven by the statement "The most courageous people in the world are volunteers". However, most of the replies that come from "gurus" in this mailing list are like, "newbies need to be looked down upon". No doubt there are words of encouragement that appear to just "float" all over. But when a newbie asks a "technical" query. The replies have a tone " HUH! You don't even know that!, get lost, read this, this and this, do a million sit-ups and then come back, I might explain you the real answer." Could be due to the fact that.... 1) The guru is tired of replying to stupid questions 2) The guru is conceited. 3) The guru doesn't want to be with newbies any more. 4) guru is not a guru, but simply wants to be called a guru. For eg. Ghane replies as if he is going to skin a newbie alive if he/she dared to ask what the command to see a directory listing is! The above example has not much to do with the rest of the mail. If I was a guru I'd probably know. Having, said all that, I as a novice, I still feel nice to be a part of ILUGD. Perhaps the above is NOT true to that extreme, but I do sense it sometimes. -Amit. _______________________________________________ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
