On Wed, 2012-05-02 at 15:28 -0400, Taylor Hedberg wrote:
> Jeremiah Dodds, Wed 2012-05-02 @ 15:18:03-0400:
> > A poking, or an RTFM, sure. All I'm saying is that what you posted
> > doesn't help the noob. RTFM helps the noob. Pointing out that this
> > place has nothing to do with Mint, even mockingly (even at Drepper
> > levels of intensity), helps the noob.
> >
> > "Making a joke" that is only a joke to people who know enough not to
> > do the thing the noob did does not help the noob.
> >
> > It's not your responsibility to help, it's also not your
> > responsibility to hinder. We were all dumb noobs once, and I for one
> > don't feel good if I plant misinformation in someones head,
> > intentionally or not.
>
> +1
>
> Not replying at all is preferable to replying sarcastically in a manner
> that might be misconstrued (however naively) as serious advice.

+1

On 05/02/2012 12:44 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:

On Wed, 2012-05-02 at 15:28 -0400, Taylor Hedberg wrote:

Jeremiah Dodds, Wed 2012-05-02 @ 15:18:03-0400:

A poking, or an RTFM, sure. All I'm saying is that what you posted
doesn't help the noob. RTFM helps the noob. Pointing out that this
place has nothing to do with Mint, even mockingly (even at Drepper
levels of intensity), helps the noob.

"Making a joke" that is only a joke to people who know enough not to
do the thing the noob did does not help the noob.

It's not your responsibility to help, it's also not your
responsibility to hinder. We were all dumb noobs once, and I for one
don't feel good if I plant misinformation in someones head,
intentionally or not.


+1

Not replying at all is preferable to replying sarcastically in a manner
that might be misconstrued (however naively) as serious advice.


+1

seriously to funny if the OP would have taken my joke seriously it would
have/should have lead him to doing more research. Which is what they
were lacking, obviously by posting to Arch mailing lists. It is not like
I said rm -rf / or some malicious suggestion. The +1's are as pointless
and unhelpful to the OP as my "joke"

On Wed, 02 May 2012 22:44:21 +0300, Ralf Mardorf
<ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net> wrote:



On Wed, 2012-05-02 at 15:28 -0400, Taylor Hedberg wrote:

Jeremiah Dodds, Wed 2012-05-02 @ 15:18:03-0400:
> A poking, or an RTFM, sure. All I'm saying is that what you posted
> doesn't help the noob. RTFM helps the noob. Pointing out that this
> place has nothing to do with Mint, even mockingly (even at Drepper
> levels of intensity), helps the noob.
>
> "Making a joke" that is only a joke to people who know enough not to
> do the thing the noob did does not help the noob.
>
> It's not your responsibility to help, it's also not your
> responsibility to hinder. We were all dumb noobs once, and I for one
> don't feel good if I plant misinformation in someones head,
> intentionally or not.

+1

Not replying at all is preferable to replying sarcastically in a manner
that might be misconstrued (however naively) as serious advice.


+1




+1

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On Wed, 02 May 2012 14:47:34 -0400
Calvin Morrison wrote:

> does anyone know how to start the car?

Find the pointy metal thing probably in pocket.conf and put it in the
port next to the steering wheel and turn it on. If that fails you might
have to push I'm afraid.


p.s. Diesel for trucks and cars are two very different things ;-)

On Wed, 2012-05-02 at 12:50 -0700, Don deJuan wrote:
> It is not like I said rm -rf / or some malicious suggestion. The +1's are as pointless
> and unhelpful to the OP as my "joke"

Agree!

On Wed, 02 May 2012 22:50:30 +0300, Don deJuan <donjuansjiz@gmail.com>
wrote:



On 05/02/2012 12:44 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:

On Wed, 2012-05-02 at 15:28 -0400, Taylor Hedberg wrote:

Jeremiah Dodds, Wed 2012-05-02 @ 15:18:03-0400:

A poking, or an RTFM, sure. All I'm saying is that what you posted
doesn't help the noob. RTFM helps the noob. Pointing out that this
place has nothing to do with Mint, even mockingly (even at Drepper
levels of intensity), helps the noob.

"Making a joke" that is only a joke to people who know enough not to
do the thing the noob did does not help the noob.

It's not your responsibility to help, it's also not your
responsibility to hinder. We were all dumb noobs once, and I for one
don't feel good if I plant misinformation in someones head,
intentionally or not.


+1

Not replying at all is preferable to replying sarcastically in a manner
that might be misconstrued (however naively) as serious advice.


+1

seriously to funny if the OP would have taken my joke seriously it would
have/should have lead him to doing more research. Which is what they
were lacking, obviously by posting to Arch mailing lists. It is not like
I said rm -rf / or some malicious suggestion. The +1's are as pointless
and unhelpful to the OP as my "joke"






He has already got an answer to his question, the +1s are just votes
against people

confusing new users.

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Could this fruitful debate finally STFU please?

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On 5/2/2012 4:07 PM, Marek Otahal wrote:

Could this fruitful debate finally STFU please?


+1

On Wed, 02 May 2012 16:30:39 -0400
Greg wrote:

> > Could this fruitful debate finally STFU please?
> >
> +1

Chuckle