I run into this problem a lot in other area's (not in Nagios becauseI am just learning). I do not mind answering questions when it appears that the person is trying, but as in the last case even though I tried to point him in the write direction the answer is right in the manuals, so please read the manuals
On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 20:26 +0100, Andreas Ericsson wrote: > Another one that doesn't get the hint that I don't like email. I'll > answer it though, just so everyone knows. > > Mehmet Fatih AKBULUT wrote: > > hi andreas. > > actually its not my business :p > > and nothing to do with me ... > > but dunno why u so pissed off ? > > I'm not. I'm just disgusted with people that make me lose time so they > can keep their jobs (or time) without even trying themselves. > > > ur mails are soo bitter :) > > knowledge of all people are not the same. > > True, but > 1. People who can't read should learn. > 2. People who *can* read should read the docs. > 3. People who can't speak english should learn english (it's more or > less a requirement for working with computers anyways), or pay someone > to translate the docs for them. > > > > its good to share what you know with the ones that really in need of help :p > > this is of course my humble opinion. u care or not. > > It's my opinion too, but people who steal my time so they don't have to > bother to learn anything are evil. They take resources from me that I > could spend on something better, like writing software. > > > but please put yourself in others shoes. > > understand us :) cos u may need help in one day too. > > receiving such a bothering answer may not be welcomed so much :) > > > > I frequently ask questions about things (although not on this mailing > list), and I nearly always get very polite and detailed answers from > people who are just like me. I think this is mainly because > > 1. I do much research to find out the problem myself before I ask anyone > about it. > > 2. *When* I ask someone something, I ask "I want to accomplish this. > Here's what I've tried. Am I on the right track or do I need to start > looking elsewhere?". I.e, I tell those I expect to help me the big > picture first and then go on by telling them the steps I've taken to > accomplish it myself. This lets them know that I'm at least capable of > using my brain and that I'm really interested in getting whatever the > problem may be solved. > > 3. Whenever I find a solution to a non-trivial problem (or even a > trivial one which I couldn't find an answer to someplace else), I post > it back to the list where I asked for help. This makes list archives > useful rather than a big cess-pool of repeated questions. > > 4. I never, *ever* send anyone anything off-list unless they explicitly > ask me to. > > 5. I don't have any auto-spamming software that spews crap out to those > on the list. > > 6. I never re-post the same question twice. If it wasn't interesting > enough to get any responses I do some more research. If I make any > progress with the problem then I *might* post again. > > > (ps: pls dont curse on me :p) > > > > 7. I don't often curse and I never use multiple exclamation marks or ALL > CAPS TO GET THE ATTENTION because I *know* that whatever help I get will > be for free, which means it will cost someone else something (their time > generally although I was once sent a laptop) which in turn means I can't > expect anybody to do anything to solve *my* problems. > > > On 11/17/05, Andreas Ericsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>I don't know why people still think I'm running a free support service > >>for Nagios. > >> > >>Marcos, you'll get no help from me what so ever. I'm forwarding this to > >>the nagios-users list where you should have posted your question in the > >>first place. Perhaps someone will take pity on you and answer your > >>questions for you. Then again, perhaps they won't. Frankly, I couldn't > >>care less. > >> > >>Marcos Oliveira wrote: > >> > >>>Hi, can you help me with Nagios ? > >>> > >>>I'm running Nagios 2.0b4. Everything seems to be working ok except when > >> > >>I try to run a option "Scheduling Queue". > >> > >>>I receive the message: Sorry Dave, I can't let you do that... blah... > >> > >>blah... blah... > >> > >>>I verified the permissions of the files and are Ok. what can i do ?^ > >>> > >>>Regards > >>> > >>>Marcos Oliveira > >>>DACI Software > >>>( Fone: +55 (11) 5181-5233 > >>>* [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >>>Comunicação em tempo real via SMS ? Temos a solução: > >> > >>http://www.daci.com.br > >> > >>-- > >>Andreas Ericsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>OP5 AB www.op5.se <http://www.op5.se> > >>Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231 > >> > >> > >>------------------------------------------------------- > >>This SF.Net email is sponsored by the JBoss Inc. Get Certified Today > >>Register for a JBoss Training Course. Free Certification Exam > >>for All Training Attendees Through End of 2005. For more info visit: > >>http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7628&alloc_id=16845&op=click > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Nagios-users mailing list > >>[email protected] > >>https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users > >>::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when > >>reporting any issue. > >>::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null > >> > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the JBoss Inc. 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