On Thu, Aug 05, 2010 at 01:40:10PM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > > So where would he have found an answer to the question that sparked this > thread of non-answers: the one about installing a redhat version that > didn't support USB on a USB disk? There seems to be a disconnect here, and for the life of me I can not fathom as to why that may be. I believe it has been made abundantly clear that Hadi is, and will most likely continue to be, a leech. The issue that started this is no different than any other that he has brought to this list. You are free to think he did some work on his own, and you are free to think that the sun will rise in the west tomorrow; that does not make either true. > So enlighten us - point us to where someone should go to find that answer. I am pretty sure that in a past post I alluded to google? And please spare me your past argument about it being difficult; I did not then, nor do I now, argue that. But with proper search criteria one can actually figure it out. And excuse me if that means that he, or others, have to do a little work because the "proper" answer may not be in the first result set google returns. You are, however, deluding yourself to think he bothered to do *any* such searching. > Beg your pardon? Do you really drop things to answer list email? Ever? The list is not important enough for me to do so, no. But when I do bother to reply it means that I am not doing other things at the time, so effectively in the long run it pans out the same way. Nor does it change what I stated; people feel entitled for no explicable reason - sorry Les, I don't play that game. > Every incompatibility compounds the problem. It is designed in to every > intentional difference in every system. Um, ok? > And you think you are going to get that by ranting about questions > without even including a link? And you think that by my adding a link it will resolve the issue of people not doing their own research, and whom want that link in the first place? Disconnect? How is my adding a link addressing my comment of consumers and leeches? Perhaps I am just confused. *shrug* In my eyes, and my experience, leeches are best addressed by being ignored so that they are *forced* to do the work on their own, or at least making the effort to try to do so. Sadly there are those on this list and in life that feel no hesitancy in spoon-feeding such leeches the information and continue the whole cycle. I fear for the future when the people "in charge" are unable to stand on their own two feet to get the job done, because from where I stand that is exactly the road we are heading down. Hell, even back on chinet (you remember chinet?) I was told to RTFM by Suess, jcs, piggy, and others. They were all happy to help me after I had done so and guess what? Due to that, and to others of the same mindset I am independent and able to resolve my own issues; the *vast* majority of people on this list are the same way. We need to get back to that way of thinking. Now, if you'll pardon me, I need to get back to actual work :) John -- Much of what looks like rudeness in hacker circles is not intended to give offence. Rather, it's the product of the direct, cut-through-the-bullshit communications style that is natural to people who are more concerned about solving problems than making others feel warm and fuzzy. http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20100805/29091688/attachment-0004.sig>