From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Feb 28 22:43:17 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA29370 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sat, 28 Feb 1998 22:43:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA29353 for ; Sat, 28 Feb 1998 22:42:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA12940; Sun, 1 Mar 1998 17:42:31 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <19980301174227.32842@welearn.com.au> Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1998 17:42:27 +1100 From: Sue Blake To: Greg Lehey Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: newbies mailing list References: <19980301105650.47895@welearn.com.au> <19980301133234.11473@freebie.lemis.com> <19980301162232.44505@welearn.com.au> <19980301161407.25838@freebie.lemis.com> <19980301170435.11729@welearn.com.au> <19980301165754.16454@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <19980301165754.16454@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Sun, Mar 01, 1998 at 04:57:54PM +1030 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, Mar 01, 1998 at 04:57:54PM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Sun, 1 March 1998 at 17:04:35 +1100, Sue Blake wrote: > > DO I BELONG HERE? > > > > Try this quick quiz: > > 1. Do you know the command to make a file that lists all the executable > > files less than 2k in size that were created in the last 2 weeks? > > Hmm. I've seen your .sig before, but I don't think this is much of a > criterion. True :-) > > 2. Have you ever done something incredibly stupid? > > And this would definitely make me eligible :-) But would I believe you? :-) > > If you answered no to the first and yes to the second, you'll be OK. > > How about: > > 1. Are you having such general difficulties with FreeBSD that you > don't even know what the problem is? > > 2. Are you worried that you can't express the problem well enough to > get a useful answer from -questions? Much better. > I suppose it's a start. The shortcomings will become evident in the > course of time, I suppose. > > What do you say we ask on -questions? They'll laugh and say it's stupid... but what else is new. It'd be good to ask newbies what they think of it, but how do we reach them? They're a bit scarce on -questions. -- Regards, -*Sue*- find / -name "*.conf" |more To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message