Rudi Ahlers wrote: > On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 3:33 PM, Leonard den Ottolander > <leonard at den.ottolander.nl> wrote: >> On Sun, 2011-01-23 at 21:00 -0500, Mailing List wrote: >>> I can not see the reason to why his question is being scrutinized. If >>> I needed an answer whether it be homework or legitimate work I was doing, I would >>> ask where ever I thought I would get the right answer. >> >> Cross posting, especially such basic questions is frowned upon. It's a >> very selfish attitude, childish even, as in "I need everyone's attention >> and I need it right now". It shows you don't appreciate the effort <snip> > > Instead of wasting time and bandwidth on this flame, why not just tell > him what todo? Rudi, this is an explanation of *why* it's frowned on, and a link to the std. nettiquitte FAQ. If you think this is a flame, you've never seen a *real* flame. Or, for that matter, google for someone being MSTed.... mark, who got on usenet in '91