On Sunday, December 14, 2014 1:30:04 AM UTC+5:30, Joe wrote: > On Sat, 13 Dec 2014 11:53:48 -0500 > Miles Fidelman wrote: > > > Chris Bannister wrote: > > > On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 08:48:41AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > > >> Bret Busby wrote: > > >>> Surely, it would have all been so much simpler, if the original > > >>> poster in the thread, had put the question "To what personal > > >>> uses, do people put their computers?". > > >> What correlation need there be between *simple* questions and > > >> *useful* answers? > > > Surely. to get a useful answer, it is pointless to ask vague > > > questions. > > > > > >> The OP correctly phrased the question as "How is typical home > > >> computer used today?" > > > That doesn't read correctly phrased to me. > > > > > > > Does it not disturb anyone that most of the responses to this > > question have been about how the question was phrased, even though > > the intent was obvious. What does it say about folks who post here? > > > > That they are computer people. > > 'How do I do X?' > > 'You don't want to do X. You *never* want to do X. You need to do Y. > And by the way, you spelled X wrong.'
Personally, when I ask a question and get a RTFM answer, I consider it fine if its followed by which FM. I do not construe that answer as - "I dont like you" or even - "your question is stupid" Rather I interpret it as "I have 10 seconds to deal with your question. If I use that to send you (to specific FM) my (1-second) estimate tells me it will save an hour of your noob-time. [We are all noobs somewhere sometime]" However when there is NO FM it is unhelpful. It does not help the questioner It does not help the list -- almost spamish in content-less-ness It does not help the answerer -- shows them to be peevish without being helpful. I think Miles is pointing out that this (and many other such) questions are increasingly being answered in category 2 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1a5431f1-112f-4d41-9bb1-5d7a059df...@googlegroups.com
