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Date:      Sun, 1 Mar 1998 17:42:27 +1100
From:      Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: newbies mailing list
Message-ID:  <19980301174227.32842@welearn.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <19980301165754.16454@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Sun, Mar 01, 1998 at 04:57:54PM %2B1030
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>

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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*-

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