On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 09:19:36PM -0700, Kyle Tobin wrote:
> Hey folks. My name's Kyle and I've been running a Linux OS for a few years
> but I'm still a newb by all standards. A few weeks ago I started a Linux
> class at PCC and the instructor included an article about posting to Linux
> user group mailing lists.
>
> http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Essays/smart-questions.html
Good link Kyle. Apropos to the current thread:
Still, treating experienced users like hackers, in the ways we
recommend here, will generally be the most effective way to get useful
answers out of them, too.
The first thing to understand is that hackers actually like hard
problems, and good, thought-provoking questions about them. If we
didn't, we wouldn't be here. If you give us an interesting question
to chew on, we'll be grateful to you; good questions are a stimulus
and a gift. Good questions help us develop our understanding, and
often reveal problems we might not have noticed or thought about
otherwise. Among hackers, "Good question!" is a strong and sincere
compliment.
--
Michael Rasmussen, Portland Oregon
Trading kilograms for kilometers since 2003
Be appropriate && Follow your curiosity
http://www.jamhome.us/
The Fortune Cookie Fortune today is:
Pepper has been called 'the gift of the East,' though 'gift' means poison
in Swedish. don't let that put you off.
-- label of Scandinavian Airlines salt and pepper packet
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