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On 2017-02-24 23:46, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> Well, I'm not here to fix every problem you encounter and judging by |
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> the sheer amount of posting you make and the level of content, I have |
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> to conclude that you are assuming we are. |
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> What steps have YOU taken to try figure this out and actually help |
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> yourself? Saying that you installed an rpm on a Gentoo machine and |
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> stuff don't work, what's wrong? is not the expected level of |
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> troubleshooting. |
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> I think you should google for "How to ask smart questions" by Eric S. |
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> Raymond |
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Hi Alan, |
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I would give Thelma a break; a couple of times she found the solution |
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subsequent to posting. Thus, I believe the size of her output is more |
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due to extra chattiness than to sloth :-) |
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This happens to me too sometimes, and I think practice helped me to |
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improve in this respect, so I think it will help others too. |
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