From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 12 22:59:33 2010 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 A0D40106564A for ; Fri, 12 Nov 2010 22:59:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aimass@yabarana.com) Received: from mail-wy0-f182.google.com (mail-wy0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FE7F8FC0A for ; Fri, 12 Nov 2010 22:59:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyb36 with SMTP id 36so482652wyb.13 for ; Fri, 12 Nov 2010 14:59:32 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.227.153.21 with SMTP id i21mr3071699wbw.26.1289602771222; Fri, 12 Nov 2010 14:59:31 -0800 (PST) Sender: aimass@yabarana.com Received: by 10.227.145.133 with HTTP; Fri, 12 Nov 2010 14:59:31 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20101112223810.GA19635@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <20101112192954.GB18437@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <20101112223810.GA19635@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:59:31 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: uaoPgmPgOg8Dw1x9HOuRK5ryKys Message-ID: From: Alejandro Imass To: Jerry McAllister Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: Free BSD Questions list , Tom Worster Subject: Re: Why do you use a devil as a mascot? 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: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 22:59:33 -0000 On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Jerry McAllister wrote: > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 05:15:37PM -0500, Tom Worster wrote: > >> On 11/12/10 2:29 PM, "Jerry McAllister" wrote: >> [...] > You expect a newbie to know it all. > That is inconsiderate and lazy. > You started somewhere, so does everyone else. > True. But when you join an existing community you _should_ be just a bit more prudent don't you think? Furthermore, I think we all have screwed up more than once and have had our good share of rudeness, and have dealt with it. The bad thing IMO is to continue to attack like the OP did after realizing his comment was not very welcome. > > >> >> >> >The intelligent thing is to give a reasonable answer and point the person >> >to some web pages where they can become informed and then ignore it. >> >> I would describe that as the indulgent thing, not the intelligent thing. >> > > You would have starved before now if other people had your attitude. > I can't make out what you are trying to say here, but Tom's attitude is in fact the correct one. Is the well-accepted way of doing things in the hacker world, and very true, it's not for everyone. http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Alex > ////jerry >