>From: "Axel Kohlmeyer" <akohlmey at cmm.upenn.edu> >Reply-To: pw_forum at pwscf.org >To: pw_forum at pwscf.org >Subject: Re: [Pw_forum] Answers and Questions >Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 14:41:32 -0400 > >On 8/31/06, Eric Abel <etabel at hotmail.com> wrote: > >[...] > >>From my perspective, I would say that some people are too eager to ask >>questions...the answers they seek are clearly present in the current >>available resources. It just takes a little elbow grease to find them. >>It's much easier to simply post a question to the forum. I don't support >>this...researching one's own problem is far more educational than having >>someone answer it for you. We all learned this in the 8th grade. That > >yep. but you also have to understand, that people can get carried away. >my strategy towards this is to gradually provide less direct information >and move to point out ways to how to obtain the information yourself. >some people need to be helped across the first big barrier before they >realize that investing effort into finding the right answers >themselves pays off. >the whole thing is a matter of finding the right balance and understanding >the background. > >>said, I feel that these wiki ideas are great, as they would make it easier >>to find answers. I don't know if this is planned but the wikis should >>also >>contain the reference papers which disuss the thoery that goes into pwscf. > ><grin>you should have looked into the mailing list archives, this has >been discussed recently</grin> >please head over to: >http://www.quantum-espresso.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page >and ask to get an account (well actually you can probably >request it in person. ;-) ). i have made the experience, that >people who have just learned a method or how to use a tool >(i.e. advanced beginners) write the best documentation.
I would be happy to contribute what I've learned to the PWSCF community. I agree that "advanced beginners" make good teachers, as they tend to be able to "dumb the material down" so that the "beginning beginners" can follow. Eric > >cheers, > axel. > >>As far as the developers are concerned, I am truly impressed with their >>patience and competence. It is intimidating enough for a graduate student >>and pwscf beginner to post to the forum, it would be much worse if those >>answering the questions were condescending. Instead, they treat every >>question more or less equally, and for that I applaud them. > > >> >>Thank you for all of your hard work and patience. >> >>Eric Abel >>Ph.D. Student, M.I.T. >> >> > > > >-- >======================================================================= >Axel Kohlmeyer akohlmey at cmm.chem.upenn.edu http://www.cmm.upenn.edu > Center for Molecular Modeling -- University of Pennsylvania >Department of Chemistry, 231 S.34th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323 >tel: 1-215-898-1582, fax: 1-215-573-6233, office-tel: 1-215-898-5425 >======================================================================= >If you make something idiot-proof, the universe creates a better idiot. >_______________________________________________ >Pw_forum mailing list >Pw_forum at pwscf.org >http://www.democritos.it/mailman/listinfo/pw_forum
