http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Oh, and read BOOKS. Not just the Internet. And if you stay on these lists long enough you WILL be insulted by Theo. That's just a fact of life. Deal with it. Hell, he even managed to insult Nick. On Mon, Jan 14, 2013, at 12:26 AM, list wrote: > My apologies to all; I didn't mean to be trolling or rude back to those > helpful on the list. > > I just felt off putting comments like > "let-me-find-that-man-page-for-you" are not the right way to treat those > who support your projects. > > A response back like: check the man pages, check the faqs, look on > daemon forums; or google that are fine. > > I know it's daunting to get redundant questions all the time and have > new people who don't know where to look. > > Too me it's just sad to see new people treated like crud; how can you > get new supporters, porters and volunteers if new people aren't welcome. > Even the uneducated sloppy ones can spend a few bucks on CD and T's > > Anyway ... sorry to all I offended. > > > > On 2013-01-13 18:43, Theo de Raadt wrote: > >> > On Sun, Jan 13, 2013, at 02:26 PM, Jay Jennings wrote: > >> >> Rudeness is why people find openbsd hard for newbies; and > >> potentially new > >> >> funders of the projects and buyers of cds and merchandise. > > > > Jay is the rude person here. > > > > Someone helps him, and he insults them. > > > > The world would be better off without characters like Jay.
