Doug LaRue wrote: > ** Reply to message from "Todd Walton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 >.. >> But if it comes to Google, I'd just as soon as ask the mailing list, >> because that's what a search is going to produce: someone else's >> asking on a list or a forum. It's just that Google is a little faster >> to get to that answer. >> > > I think that kind of thinking is what gets peoples goat. You find it easier > to have someone else take the time to explain or describe something which > is available for you to find for yourself since it has already been asked > before. > How easy for you.
I'd like to elaborate on this part of Doug's message just to show another consideration. Although our list subscribers take quite a bit of effort and pleasure in answering questions, this action is totally voluntary; nobody here is paid to operate a help desk! :-) If you stop and think about it, when a question is posed, it is like saying to 200 (or more) subscribers: "Hey, here is something that is giving me trouble -- does anyone know the answer, or where to find the answer?" Asking a lot of people to voluntarily give attention to one problem, and actually getting attention has always seemed amazing to me. It's an especially precious resource, and I try to remind myself not to impose on others without trying to find the easy answers myself -- well most of the time I remember. ;-) So you can probably carry this thought to your own conclusions. I'm thinking that some readers just may not have looked at it this way. >.. Regards, ..jim (my convenience is someone else's generosity [burden?]) -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
