officialassawards wrote:
> If I was in a group called Shovel Your Driveway for Newbies, I'll show
> you how to shovel your drive way.  If it's redundant to shovel your
> driveway, I'll briefly explain to you why it is.  
> 
> Thanks for being so cool Scott.  
> And Robert, you are just adding to the bad rep.
> 

Look... first, I pointed out to the individual, what I thought needed to 
be pointed out to the individual... whether you think so or not.

Then, I went on to answer the individuals question, where such tutorials 
could be found, while at the same time, providing the 'means of 
discovery' ...a Google search... which can be used again and again, for 
finding many things.

Then I went on to explain ipchains vs. iptables, and how to search the 
manpages for both, exposing the individual to yet another tool... the 
'man' command... which also can be used again and again, for finding 
many things.

All in all... I submit to you that my post was significantly more useful 
than yours, which addressed the individual's question not at all.

Even if my attitude was, in your opinion, out of line, I provided 
actual, usable content, and at the same time, tried to show the person 
'how to fish', as opposed to just handing them a single fish.

Enough said.


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-wittig http://www.robertwittig.com/
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