I also wonder...
Michael E. Webster
mwebster at intercosmos.com
Tue Aug 17 12:58:45 UTC 2004
On Tue, 2004-08-17 at 08:13, Edward Croft wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-08-16 at 20:58, alan wrote:
> > On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, Michael E. Webster wrote:
> >
> > <snip for brevity>
> > > Seriously, I'd like to know. Is it easier to send an email asking for
> > > an answer than it is to find the answer yourself? Sure it is. Will you
> > > remember what you did to fix the problem two months from now? Probably
> > > not. Is it laziness? Most likely.
> >
> > Sometimes that is true. Sometimes Google gives you back a bunch of
> > useless information. Depends on the problem and how you specify the
> > search term.
>
> <snip> The point being that sometimes the answer is shorter than the
> admonishment. We all come here to learn and
> grow. Yes, some of the newbies, don't know the rules. They top post,
> they send in HTML, they respond to the digest, they hijack threads, but
> we treat them like they have been here for years. Maybe I just don't get
> it. I have been doing this since '85 and I answer the same questions
> from users over and over. I guess some of us are better teachers. It's
> like I tell my ex when she complains about telling the kids something
> 100 times. I tell her that is their job, our job is to teach, so tell
> them 101. Eventually they get it, but never talk down to them.
I'm not talking about rules - anytime someone is new to something there
are bound to be rules broken, not a big deal.
I suppose I come from an old-school mentality where you try, try again,
try one more time, then ask for help. You're right - some people are
better teachers, and others have more patience.
I probably shouldn't have posted - I was tired, aggravated, and sleep
deprived. I apologize.
Mike.
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