From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 6 23:45:22 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 374B6106564A for ; Sun, 6 Mar 2011 23:45:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Received: from mail.monochrome.org (b4.ebbed1.client.atlantech.net [209.190.235.180]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E15E08FC16 for ; Sun, 6 Mar 2011 23:45:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.11] ([192.168.1.11]) by mail.monochrome.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id p26NjKlH078240; Sun, 6 Mar 2011 18:45:20 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 18:45:20 -0500 (EST) From: Chris Hill To: =?KOI8-R?B?4dfT1MnOIOvJzQ==?= In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: grep: write error: Broken pipe X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2011 23:45:22 -0000 On Sun, 6 Mar 2011, ?????? ??? wrote: > My other question is, those of you who answer questions and debug > problems on this list, what do you all get out of it? I feel kind of > selfish asking for what is basically free technical support; how best > can I repay you all? When you become knowledgeable, start answering questions yourself. I rarely have anything to contribute, but when I do I'll answer a question. As to why, there's an element of long-term self-interest: the more successes there are, the larger the user base becomes, the more experts develop. As a FreeBSD user, it's in my interest to have a large installed base and a large and robust user community since this will (I think and hope) ultimately mean more awareness from hardware makers and thus a continued supply of hardware I can use. Well, applications software too. And if you become an expert, maybe you can answer *my* question next time :^) -- Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org ** [ Busy Expunging ]