On 10/27/2016 5:26 PM, wes wrote:
> superuser.com and serverfault.com have a culture similar to what you
> describe.
Don't know whether to laugh or cry, but no to both ;<
But it does illustrate a recurrent problem, usually classed as
having posed
an "XY Problem".
May I quote my original post ;/
"Is there a mailing list or USENET forum with a culture that ..."
^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^
Avoidance of web based fora was the primary reason for my
carefully chosen
phrasing. Also I suspect the "voting for 'best' answer" aspect
might be
counter-productive. Some of the most useful responses I've
received have been from responses to side issues raised by others
that had a life of their own. Does that make sense? ???
> you'll still get all the "don't do that" type answers, but you'll
> also get the "if you really really have to do this, here's how" type as
> well. the nice thing about it is that it promotes competition between
> people to give the best possible answer.
>
> of course, the flip side of that coin is that asks the person with the
> question to put a fair amount of effort into asking good questions. I don't
> see you having a problem with that.....
>
> -wes
>
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 7:44 AM, Richard Owlett <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I ask some carefully phrased questions that get various useless
>> answers.
>>
>> Some recent answers have been:
>> 1. That is an "XY Problem"
>> 2. Don't do that.
>> 3. I know how but won't tell you as someone else may read answer
>> and carelessly
>> apply it, resulting in a bollixed system.
>> I get a chuckle about that one as I was asking how to run
>> Gnome2 with root
>> privileges. Jessie MATE allows me to simply login as root.
>> 4. You are making life difficult for yourself.
>> *NO*, the system designers have made decisions suitable for
>> the mythical
>> "typical"(sic) user. I don't have unlimited infinitely fast
>> internet nor even
>> bleeding edge hardware. My vision isn't what is was >50 years
>> ago.
>>
>> Is there a mailing list or USENET forum with a culture that
>> assumes that:
>> 1. one actually meant to ask the question as stated.
>> 2. one is responsible enough to accept that unthinking use of
>> answers can have
>> "un-nice" effects ;/
>>
>> I've pretty much settled on Debian, but like some features of
>> Slackware and Linux from Scratch.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
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