Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 12:33:51 -0400 From: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com> To: 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: <20000502123351.V86725@jade.chc-chimes.com> In-Reply-To: <20000502173315.A6023@cichlids.cichlids.com>; from alex@big.endian.de on Tue, May 02, 2000 at 05:33:15PM %2B0200 References: <20000501183644.A75942@lunatic.oneinsane.net> <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.A6023@cichlids.cichlids.com>
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On Tue, May 02, 2000 at 05:33:15PM +0200, Alexander Langer wrote: > Yes, but someone has to point them to this resources, and kicking is > not the correct way. > > If they don't want to listen to you and still ask again, it might be > the time to kick them, but only then. (1) They expect that it is their God-given right to get help in #freebsd. (1a) Denying them that right gives them other rights including, but not limited to: evading bans by coming back under different hostnames, /msg flooding the ops/flooding the channel, Using DoS attacks on the ops, getting their friends to troll the channel. (2) I try to put #freebsdhelp and or the handbook/FAQ in my kick reason. (3) I often kick with the answer to the question/URL for more information. -- Bill Fumerola - Network Architect Computer Horizons Corp - CVM e-mail: billf@chc-chimes.com / billf@FreeBSD.org Office: 800-252-2421 x128 / Cell: 248-761-7272 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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