on 4-14-2008 3:03 PM William L. Maltby spake the following: > On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 20:03 +0200, Dag Wieers wrote: >> On Sun, 13 Apr 2008, William L. Maltby wrote: >> >>> On Sun, 2008-04-13 at 16:56 +0200, Dag Wieers wrote: >>>> <snip> > >>> Geez folks! Let's have a little thicker skin. Nothing wrong, IMO, with >>> what was posted. OP was just sharing a strategic decision that might be >>> made. I found nothing offensive there. >> A "strategic decision" is the last thing that pops up in my mind when >> reading that mail. >> >> You don't switch distributions because you cannot solve something (or >> because people are not helping you to solve something). Especially not if >> it is something that a Google search could have helped you with. > > I suspect a difference in ... age, background, personality causes our > different POV on this. > > As soon as reading the OP, I deduced that little or no research was done > and no attempt to RTFM had occured. This could be wrong, but it's > irrelevant to me. > > That is the OP's problem. I make it a rule to (*try*) not let other's > problems become mine. Especially of an emotional nature. > > I realize that is easier said than done. Especially if one has invested > dedicated work and effort. It does take a fair amount of effort to just > to maintain this attitude. When I was youg and full of piss and vinegar, > I 1) didn't know the rule and 2) would have failed miserably regardless. > > Now I am able to figure that the strategy of a lot of folks (based on > observation) is to lay as much effort onto others as possible, > minimizing their own effort. This no longer bothers me *as much* as it > used to. It's like getting pissed off because it is raining. > > However, having said all that, my response was not intended to be a > criticism. It was only meant to encourage a less ... *reactive* response > to things such as this, which really only ends up wasting your own time. > If the OP is not inclined to do the research it is doubtful that > anything we post here would have much influence. > > I *do* sometimes try to ... "educate" folks, but only selectively as I > *think* I see something indicating the poster may be amenable to such > "education". I have just started to not answer posters that look like they habitually don't do any initial work or research. Kind of a mental blacklist when I remember the OP. Some of them just seem to stand out. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 250 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080414/3afaa7d6/attachment-0004.sig>