From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 27 9: 8:26 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from bow.portal.net.au (galley.portal.net.au [202.12.71.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87F1014D5D for ; Fri, 27 Aug 1999 09:08:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Jeff.Baker@ACADHOTLINE.net.au) Received: from pc5 ([210.8.138.105]) by bow.portal.net.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id BAA00804; Sat, 28 Aug 1999 01:35:54 +0930 (CST) Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 01:35:54 +0930 (CST) Message-Id: <199908271605.BAA00804@bow.portal.net.au> X-Sender: jbaker@portal.net.au X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.1.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: "M. L. Dodson" From: Jeff Baker Subject: Re: adopt a newbie program Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi ML Dobson, It's newbie here, I just wanted to thank you for your honest approach. As a professional support peron (in another computer field) I appreciate your comments re time consuming. Only point I would not agree with you on is the researched question point. Right now I'm hunting for a jibberish dictionary, so I can try and figure out the difference between a grep and a psedo-device within a kernel which I have to re compile so I can find a /dev/rfd0 My simple point being, I'm not sure I'm qualified to ask a sensible question just yet. Best I can do right now is: Anyone point me to a simple jibberish dictionary,preferably with some english in it.? What about a tech doc on setting up a Freebsd Intranet server.....?? Regards Newbie In the real world trying to break out! or In the M$ world looking for an alternate lifestyle....... or Choosing between Pain and Bill >IMO, no. There is a big commitment difference between popping >off a quick answer to a question for which you happen to know the >answer, and leaving yourself open to being bugged continually by >someone for a couple of weeks. In the best of all worlds, this >should not make a difference, maybe, but this is not the best of >all worlds. Speaking as someone who occasionally posts answers >here, I would not want to participate in such a program. I'm >sorry, but I just do not have the time. > >And there is another issue which I believe (speaking only for >myself) is hiding just below the surface if people would admit >it: a lot of the people with the answers do not think people put >in enough work trying to help themselves before posting here for >quick and easy answers. If you are a little bit past being a >newbie, lurk for a few weeks, be objective, and I believe you >will come to agree with me. > >So, speaking only for myself, I don't mind helping people if (1) >I know the exact answer off the top of my head, or (2) I can see >people have done their homework and still have a nontrivial >problem, and I have some insight as to a productive line of >research which will solve that problem. Being a mentor for a >newbie who wants to take a short cut up the learning curve does >not fit in either of those categories. To put it another way, I >don't mind being an educator (which I am by profession), in fact >I enjoy it, or I would not be subscribed to this list, but I do >mind being a questions "punching bag". Flames to /dev/null. > > > It would be really nice if it were possible .....will have to wait to see > > what, if any, responses come on the subject from experts reading > > this thread I guess > > > > > > > >-- >M. L. Dodson bdodson@scms.utmb.edu >409-772-2178 FAX: 409-772-1790 > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message