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>-----Original Message----- >From: Jay D. Dyson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 6:34 PM >To: Greg Horne >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Google Attitude was RE: Unclassified Disk "Sanitizers" > > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Greg Horne wrote: > >> I know what you mean. It seems to me that a lot of people take >> for granted the knowledge that they have. I mean, not everybody >knows WHAT >> to search for on google. > > I'd have to disagree on that point. Ninety-nine times out of >one-hundred, whenever I have seen a question to which I give >the "Google >is your friend" answer, the very search string used is the key words >in the author's question. > > For example: Question: Is there a Howto or a FAQ on NFS? > Answer : Go to Google and enter >"howto+faq+nfs". > > Bang. That's it. It's trivial. Anyone who so much as *knows* >that Google exists could do that. Usually the question is 'Does anybody know of a GOOD Howto or a FAQ on NFS?' How is a newbie supposed to know which FAQ/HOWTO is good and which ones might be inaccurate? Do you think they should have to read all 2387 results that google finds? > > The bottom line is this: I don't mind helping people out. I got >to where I am because others pointed me in the right direction when >I needed it. But one thing that was made *sparkling clear* from >the start >was that it was disrespectful to just expect others to >regurgitate answers >any time you wanted. Indeed, it was a matter of courtesy of >respect to at >least first make your own effort to find what you needed before >asking someone else to give you the answers. > If the same person asked you reguritate the same answers, yes, that is wrong. Most of the time, it's different people asking questions that have been asked before. You'll always have that because you always have new people joining the list. But you can't expect to be part of a community/mailing list and not be asked the same questions. > It may seem unfriendly to some folks, but it's honestly >not. When >you get down to it, sure, none of us acquired our knowledge all by >ourselves...but we also didn't acquire our knowledge by asking >someone else to do our homework all the time. > True, you shouldn't do somebody's homework for them, but from what I've seen from the list is the COMPLETE opposite. When someone asks where they can find something that is when they are given the google lecture. Telling them where to find information is NOT doing their homework, it's more like telling them what the homework assignment is. On the flip side the 'gurus' are always quick to offer a script of theirs that does this and that. That would be doing their homework. Not saying this is wrong because I believe that's one of the reasons we are part of a community. TP >- -Jay > > ( ( > _______ > )) )) .--"There's always time for a good cup of >coffee"--. >====<--. >C|~~|C|~~| (>------ Jay D. Dyson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] >------<) | = |-' > `--' `--' `The armed are citizens. The unarmed are >subjects.' `------' > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (SunOS) >Comment: See http://www.treachery.net/~jdyson/ for current keys. > >iEYEARECAAYFAjyAOhEACgkQGI2IHblM+8GwQQCeNhIEHsz5jac/GH1Y0qYYVyT7 >1soAn3Pv6e4NLxrcLoagtG9KqgWVdknK >=PgT5 >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.8 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> iQA/AwUBPIUMRKcpngnXKJlsEQJ/NACdHQ/zDuuQjkjzLxZyU7MhVpt5MIAAoPui 3b/ZRQXh7KSZLY9KP/vFgo3M =Q9KT -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
