On Fri, Mar 17, 2000 at 02:19:42PM -0500, Dave Sill wrote:
> "Lee Trotter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I have been watching this list for a few weeks now. And the people on
> >here are the most un-helpful people I have seen.
>
> I don't think you're being fair. Even people who "rudely" tell someone
> to read the FAQ or a man page are being helpful. Truly unhelpful
> people don't reply at all, even curtly.
Of the many lists to which I subscribe this has by far the best
signal-to-noise ratio. Others deteriorate, good people leave and
the resource is wasted. Now I practice "rude behavior" on other
lists. ;^)
Put a free and unguarded resource out there, people will piss on it,
waste it and wreck it.
$.02
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1.207.657.5078 http://www.maine.com/
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