Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 00:02:08 +0200 From: Harold Gutch <logix@foobar.franken.de> To: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com>, Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de> Cc: Jeremiah Gowdy <jgowdy@home.com>, Travis Cole <tcole@wcug.wwu.edu>, "Ron 'The InSaNe One' Rosson" <insane@lunatic.oneinsane.net>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD and IRC Message-ID: <20000503000208.C1578@foobar.franken.de> In-Reply-To: <20000502135800.B86725@jade.chc-chimes.com>; from Bill Fumerola on Tue, May 02, 2000 at 01:58:00PM -0400 References: <20000501221654.A20589@wcug.wwu.edu> <000f01bfb3f9$5db2f0e0$5a5d0418@vista1.sdca.home.com> <20000502000316.A24887@wcug.wwu.edu> <20000502094046.B2489@cichlids.cichlids.com> <002801bfb44a$9744a0a0$5a5d0418@vista1.sdca.home.com> <20000502173315. <20000502193918.A8410@cichlids.cichlids.com> <20000502135800.B86725@jade.chc-chimes.com>
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On Tue, May 02, 2000 at 01:58:00PM -0400, Bill Fumerola wrote:
> On Tue, May 02, 2000 at 07:39:18PM +0200, Alexander Langer wrote:
>
> > > <newbie> The {FAQ,Handbook} is too long, I didn't see a search option.
> > > <newbie> I already asked there, and they weren't helpful.
> > > <newbie> questions@freebsd.org takes too long, I need answers now!
> > > <newbie> You guys know the answer, why can't you just help.
> >
> > This guy is special. I kick those guys myself.
> > In my experience, newbies aren't of that kind :-)
>
> "This guy" is 90% of the non-regulars who enter #freebsd.
How can you tell before he/they actually behaves/behave that way?
Kicking somebody who behaves like "newbie" above is OK, but how
should people know _where_ to ask if you don't tell them at all
(like at least in the kick-reason, or in the topic - as you
already said in your other mails).
bye,
Harold
--
Someone should do a study to find out how many human life spans have
been lost waiting for NT to reboot.
Ken Deboy on Dec 24 1999 in comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
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