On 20/01/2011 06:06, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
If you think the above is "hostile" you have lived a privileged and sheltered life, and I envy you. :) That isn't "hostile" but a combination of losing patience and being blunt. "Hostile" is "f--k you!". Obviously I wasn't being "hostile".
I'm living in the "Dovecot mailing list" which has historically been a very tolerant and forgiving place to learn? Do you mind if I continue to remain "sheltered"?
You're overreacting. Saying "I'm not your personal XFS tutor" is not being hostile. Heh, if you think that was hostile, go live on NANAE for a few days or a week and report back on what real hostility is. ;)
I for one don't want the tone of this list to deteriorate to "NANAE" levels....
There are plenty of lists and forums where you can get sarcastic answers from folks with more experience than ones self. Please lets try and keep the tone of this list as the friendly, helpful place it has been?
To offer just an *opinion*, being sarcastic (or just less than fully helpful) to "idiots" who "can't be bothered" to learn the basics before posting is rarely beneficial. Many simply leave and go elsewhere. Some do the spadework and become "experienced", but in turn they usually respond in the same sharp way to new "inexperienced" questions... The circle continues...
I find it helpful to always presume there is a reason I should respect the poster, despite what might look like a lazy question to me. Does someone with 10 years of experience in their of field deserve me to be sharp with them because they tried to skip a step and ask a "lazy question" without doing their own leg work? Only yesterday I was that dimwit having spent 5 hours applying the wrong patch to a kernel and wondering why it failed to build, until I finally asked their list and got a polite reply pointing out my very trivial mistake...
Lets assume everyone deserves some respect and take the time to answer the dim questions politely?
Oh well, pleading over. Good luck and genuinely thanks to Stan for spending his valuable time here. Here's hoping you will continue to do so, but also being nice to the dummies?
Regards
Ed W