On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 09:42:25AM +0100, Dave Whiteley wrote: > Hear, hear, > Me too! > > We were all newbies once. We are (probably) all pseudo newbies when > we start working in a new area. > > Welcome newbies. Help newbies.
Certainly! And hopefully, if some questions seem "too silly to answer" then don't! Someone else will realize it was a question they faced last month, and will lend a hand. Who knows -- maybe next year's gnu-software leader will be this afternoon's newbie! At some point we've all had to ask questions that seemed too simple to be believed. The way we get past it is by finding the answers -- sometimes on our own, sometimes with a bit of help, sometimes with a silver spoon jammed up a nostril. If you're short on temper, just skip it and let the next soul pitch in. This is volunteer, after all. If you don't want to help, then ignore it (delete it?) and move on to more challenging issues. Discouraging someone who might just be the next R.Schwartz or L.Stein simply because you're impatient or moody for an afternoon, just isn't worth the risk... imagine our loss! :) -- americans should never read anything so subversive as what's at http://www.salon.com/people/col/pagl/2001/03/21/spring/index1.html [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://sourceforge.net/projects/newbiedoc -- we need your brain! http://www.dontUthink.com/ -- your brain needs us!
