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On Tuesday 04 April 2006 2:28 am, Stephen P. Becker wrote: |
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> I fail to see how pointing out a post was offtopic is mean. Rather, it |
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> will save that individual (and hopefully others) from making the same |
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> mistake in the future. |
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Then refer the poster to the correct place to send such inquiries. That is the |
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logical way to deal with OT messages. You failed to do this, and instead |
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offered a derrogatory message contributing absolutely nothing positive. |
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> Also, RTFM is absolutely the right answer more often than not. |
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> Otherwise, what is the point of having TFM in the first place? The |
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> amusement of those who spent a lot of time and effort writing it? |
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> -Steve |
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TFM exists to be read, yes, but not everyone reads TFM. You are a developer. |
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That's great, I'm sure you can do a lot of things with Gentoo that I'd be |
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completely dumbfounded about, being myself not a developer. |
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If we're going to say that Gentoo is a valid and worthwhile operating system, |
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we need to support that idea by maintaining our image as a group of people, |
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both users and developers. The Gentoo philosophy of continual growth and |
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improvement doesn't just apply to software. It applies to everyone on this |
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list, how they conduct themselves, how they behave. |
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I suggest patching your question-answering skills in light of this bug. :) |
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Kari Hazzard |
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