On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 7:42 PM, Stan Hoeppner <s...@hardwarefreak.com> wrote: > On 9/21/2012 7:05 PM, T Elcor wrote: >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> >>>> You are either: >>>> >>>> 1. Horribly lazy >>>> 2. Incompetent >> >>> Stan, just my personal opinion but I think there's no need (and no gain) >>> to say this on the list >> >> I agree. I find this list to be very helpful but lately there seems to have >> been a lot of unnecessary hostility on the list. This is counter-productive >> as some users may get the impression that the list is hijacked by angry >> people who are just waiting for an opportunity to jump on anyone they >> (wrongly) perceive as "lazy", "incompetent" or whatever. >> >> If someone deems a question "stupid" and below his level of expertise one >> can always ignore the question, as there is no obligation for anyone to >> answer any questions on this list. Perhaps someone else will give a simple >> answer to a simple/"stupid" question without any of the name calling. > > Read my original reply to the OP. I gave him the answer, in full > detail, and a link to the page from where I copied it. I also derided > him for his failure to make a cursory effort of his own. > > It isn't a stupid question. I've answered it many times on this list. > But in most/all of those cases, those asking were noobs. Someone > installing on a quad socket DL580 isn't a noob, certainly should not be > a noob. Someone who should not be a noob asking a noob question is what > prompted my derision. Again, anyone at "a level" where they're working > or playing with a DL580 should have already known the answer, or been > able to easily find it, especially given the ease with which this > particular answer can be found. > > You've got this backwards. It's not "beneath" me to answer this > question. It should, however, be beneath any self respecting OP at such > a level to ask this in the first place without even Googling.
I agree that the OP's question was ... perhaps unenlightened. However, I don't respond like a jerk to such questions. While answering the question simply and clearly isn't beneath you, undignifying yourself by responding in such an uncivilized manner *should* be beneath you. -- Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOEVnYsS=v3rznpbe5lheowrgjdgrkut9cgxzrzrjjn+bnm...@mail.gmail.com
