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On Saturday 24 October 2009 14:58:00 Dave Jones wrote: |
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> Neil Bothwick wrote on 24/10/09 09:53: |
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> > On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:02:16 +0200, Dave Jones wrote: |
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> >> Alan, thank you for your 'RTFM' reply. which is utterly useless either |
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> >> to me or any other follower of the gentoo-user mail group. |
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> > Seeing as how this has been discussed in the last two days, I don't see |
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> > how Alan's advice is useless. The question has been asked and people have |
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> > taken the time and trouble to answer it. Why should they do it again when |
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> > you could just as easily find the previous answer yourself. |
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> Another 'RTFM' message, thanks. |
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> I'll answer my own question, including detail which may be useful to |
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> other users: |
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It's only useless so you since you have not done the usual research yourself |
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yet; and it will continue to be useless until you do so. |
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As others have said, the answer is in the list archives. The detail contained |
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therein is likely even more than you need, but it is there. The asides I |
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listed are there to demonstrate and point out that large numbers of similar |
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questions are also repeatedly answered therein, along with the multitude of |
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repeat posts on their respective subjects. |
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I'm sorry you found my answer less than informative and perhaps even somewhat |
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insulting, obviously I worded it incorrectly. But you see, your "aw gawd, an |
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'RTFM' answer..." is the identical reaction to my original "aw gawd, a 'do my |
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homework for me' question". |
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Ponder that a little. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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