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Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1998 16:41:35 +1030
From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To: zjhh2@etsu.edu
Cc: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG,
        owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, jhhiggins@prodigy.net
Subject: Re: newbies mailing list
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On Sun,  1 March 1998 at  1:03:15 -0500, James wrote:
>
>
> On Sun, 1 Mar 1998, Greg Lehey wrote:
>
>> On Sun,  1 March 1998 at 16:22:32 +1100, Sue Blake wrote:
>>> On Sun, Mar 01, 1998 at 01:32:34PM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote:
>>>> On Sun,  1 March 1998 at 10:56:51 +1100, Sue Blake wrote:
>>
>>> Another aspect of inappropriate newbie behaviour is their
>>> preparedness to blame themselves whether or not that is warranted,
>>
>> Occasionally.  Usually those people aren't the rank newbies, rather
>> people who could benefit from -questions.
>>
>>> and then toggle into defensive mode when made to feel small.
>>
>> Yes, Real Hackers never get defensive.
>
> Not all people are hackers, there are some people that just want to use
> the system, not develop something new and nifty.

I think you missed the implied smily.

Greg

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