Hi, thx every much trying to get me on to the right track and I apologize for being such an ass. Sorry again yes I made a big mistake. I was under lot of pressure in my private life so I think that might have come over me. Regards Sadaruwan Samaraweera On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 10:19 PM, William L. Maltby < CentOS4Bill at triad.rr.com> wrote: > > On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 12:00 +0530, Sadaruwan Samaraweera wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Yes I know what your saying ok! I didn't ask him any descent question > > but I gave a solution based on my experience. So why hell r u guy's > > coming after me > > First, don't get offended. If you've been on any/many lists for awhile, > you'll know that time is at a premium for many of the participants and > they tend to give short answers. *And* when someone gives "definitive" > answers based on (possibly incorrect) assumptions (like the problem is > similar to yours, equipment similar to yours, net setup similar, ...) > they are quick to jump in because those answers may lead to severe > damage to the recipient. Sometimes immediate harm, sometimes longer-term > difficulty. > > Because of those risks, it is important to try to fully understand (to a > *reasonable* extent, for the time expended) the nature of a problem, its > operational environment, various constraints that may be in place, etc., > before offering solutions that may be tried. That is why, if you follow > the lists on *good* sites like CentOS, you will often see (I'll > exaggerate now) "My network card doesn't work! Help" followed by various > types of responses saying, essentially, something like "We need more > information" and those responses may ask specific questions. > > Solving many technical problems can be difficult even in a hands-on > situation, it's inordinately more difficult to do remotely. As with > *any* resolution process, the first step is to identify the *problem*, > *not* the *symptoms*. Symptoms are clues pointing to the problem. Ergo, > sufficient, but *not* excessive information is a necessity. > > *Experienced* people know this and will quickly try to help *educate* > those who don't seem to know this, whether is is the person with the > problem or one responding to the OP. > > That's why we are "coming after you". The problem is not "we are coming > after you", the problem is that both the OP and you seem to have been > extremely casual in the problem resolution process and that engenders a > high degree of risk to the OP and none for you. Further it wastes the > valuable time of those who might try to help, both in reading the > original request for help (and then having to ask for even the most > basic pertinent information) and in reading replies that may be offered > that pose excessive risk to those who might use the offered solutions. > So, "education" is in order so that *all* may benefit, including the OP, > the folks who reply and even just those who have to wade through som > many useless posts (and post of the type being discussed ar, at best, > useless). > > As long as no one is completely crude, rude and unattractive in their > replies (not always the case), you should take no offense. > > My suggestion is you thicken your skin, contribute as you can and desire > to, with *due* *care*, and learn from others as we *all* learn from > others on this list. > > > and as you said in the world of IT there are lot of perhaps OK buddy. > > I don't know what you mean by this. > > > > > Regards, > > Sadaruwan > > I won't even mention top posting or failure to snip text not needed. ;-) > > > <snip> > > -- > Bill > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080831/bb03f5ba/attachment-0005.html>