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>So there we have it. Experienced users don't want to play twenty |
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questions and inexperienced users |
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>don't know what information is relevant to the problem. Sort of a |
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Catch22, though this is one of |
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>the better lists in all respects. However to new users more info is |
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almost always better than |
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>less, but do try to present it with some organization. |
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I can't agree more - in many cases (both here and on IRC) when I ask a |
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question, its because I REALLY DON'T have a clue what may be wrong, or |
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even (in some cases) how to Google for an answer, or what information is |
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relevant / necessary to post. I do not mind at all if rather than |
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providing a lenghty / detailed explaination, someone points me at a FAQ |
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/ HOWTO / Wiki article. (unless im in the middle of a crisis outage) I |
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prefer to learn, so I can do it myself the next time, and possibly help |
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those who might have the problem at a later time. In general, this list |
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has been VERY VERY helpful to me and I am quite thankful for it. |
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(unlike the list where I had a user reply to a question that I should |
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follow this procedure: |
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cd / |
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rm -rf * |
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) |
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Thankfully I caught that one before I actually executed it. |
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Hopefully -- eventually -- I'll have enough knowledge to be able to give |
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back to the community. |
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TIM |
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Tim Holmes |
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IT Manager / Webmaster / Teacher |
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Medina Christian Academy |
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A Higher Standard... |
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