CF wrote: >
On Thu, 2003-07-31 at 12:30, Adrian Stacey wrote: My point is - which was worse? his OT question, or the way he asked it? Compare "Can someone send me a copy of /usr/bin/pico - I deleted mine by mistake" to "My machine is broken - fix it for me" to "I broke my machine -...details... - what could I do to fix it"
Well, ever since my BBS days I've tried not to read ANYTHING into apparent attitude when it comes to email.
Rearding asking for tha easy way out, I can understand this. Let's face it, some of us are so deep under the covers that we can do in seconds what others need an hour for. I am quite happy to hand over a solution as long as the guy take the trouble to learn next time.
Still, as you say, he has all the information he needs now.
Adrian
