Agreed, if you don't have something usefull to say, don't say anything at all.
On Thu, 2003-05-29 at 10:57, Mike Morton wrote: > Justin: > > Point well taken, and I agree for the most part. Teaching people to learn > themselves is a much better solution that just giving the answer, however it > CAN be done in a constructive and helpful manner, rather than a rude and > abrupt one. > > I have not noticed your responses, so I cannot comment, other than they did > not particularily jump out at me as rude as Jason's did. > > <step on soapbox> > There is a lot of experience on this list, but we all have to remember that > there is also a lot of inexperience on this list. When someone asks a > simple question they do not always even understand what they are asking, and > may not even know how to ask the correct question. That is why if we do not > have an answer that is constructive, then we should not post it. > </step off soapbox> > > That is not to say that I am the judge of a constructive or non-constructive > answer, just that if you do not have anything nice to say, then don't say > anything at all! > > Anyway, arguing noob teaching ethics is not paying the bills, so back to > that at least! :) > > -- > Cheers > > Mike Morton > > **************************************************** > * > * Tel: 905-465-1263 > * Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > * > **************************************************** > > "Indeed, it would not be an exaggeration to describe the history of the > computer industry for the past decade as a massive effort to keep up with > Apple." > - Byte Magazine > > Given infinite time, 100 monkeys could type out the complete works of > Shakespeare. Win 98 source code? Eight monkeys, five minutes. > -- NullGrey -- Adam Voigt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Linux/Unix Network Administrator The Cryptocomm Group -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
