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 Message-ID: <19980301164135.54221@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980301005509.10748E-100000@localhost>; from James on Sun, Mar 01, 1998 at 01:03:15AM -0500 References: <19980301161407.25838@freebie.lemis.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980301005509.10748E-100000@localhost>
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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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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