On Mon, 8 Mar 2004 18:52:50 -0500, Chris Metzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Mon, 8 Mar 2004 17:12:00 -0500 > "Edward Chase" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Anyone got a good guess why many AOL users end up asking non-Debian > > questions on this list? I do realize that most AOL users are far > > from Internet savy, but how do they end up here? > > I've never looked at the headers to attempt to verify whether these > posts actually come from AOL users. I've always assumed that they > weren't really AOL users, but were just jerks fishing the mailing > list. You try to be helpful and respond; they reply with a one or > two line confused question; you give them another detailed explanation > of something; they reply in such a way as to demonstrate that they > didn't understand you at all; you try again . . .and for minimal time > investment on their part, they've got you to waste an hour or so. > This happens a lot on Usenet. ..shill dance. The idea is get you to tell'em go <4-letter> off, then they get "proof that linux zealots are more dangerous to the US President than Osama bin Laden". > But maybe I'm just being cynical. ..reality produces cynicals. And http://Groklaw.net. ;-) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
