On 24 Dec 2001, Gary Turner wrote: > On Mon, 24 Dec 2001 15:07:41 -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > >on Mon, Dec 24, 2001 at 06:37:25PM +0100, Martin Emrich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > >wrote: > >> Hi All ! > >> > >> When newbies ask something, they are often asked to RTFM... > > > >I consider this acceptable only IITTNTRFMTFR [1] > > > Thanks, Karsten. When I query the list, it's because I couldn't find > the answer in the manual nor in the 8 or 10 books on my desk. Worse, I > found the answer when I didn't need it and can't find it when I do. > [snip]
I've often had this problem. I therefore keep a file called tips, in which I store useful-looking hints and answers posted here and elsewhere in reply to other people's queries. Even if they are not immediately relevant to me, they quite often become so later. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux GNU/Debian (Windows-free zone) For an electronic book (The Assassins of Alamut), skeptical essays, and over 150 book reviews, go to: http://www.acampbell.org.uk/ Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. [Carl Sagan]
