Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1998 01:22:18 -0500 (EST) From: James <jamesh@etsu.edu> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: newbies mailing list Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980301012100.10907C-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <19980301164135.54221@freebie.lemis.com>
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On Sun, 1 Mar 1998, Greg Lehey wrote: > 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 > Doh! Yep... : ) Guess that is what I get for slapping explicit smileys all over the place.. :) James To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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