askin' and diggin'

[Jonas S. <jo...@jo...>]

On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, Ibrahim Shaame wrote:

> Jonas Smedegaard wrote:

> > Please don't abuse the ease of posting a question to lots of people on a
> > mailinglist, do a bit of diggin' yourself as well.
> >
> > Don't get me wrong here - I'd love to help! I really do. It just feels
> > silly to repeat what have been said quite recently (by fellow hackers - I
> > am just whining here, not the guru with all the answers ;-)
> >
>
> Hi,
> I slightly disagree with you. When starting to learn something new it takes a
> hell of time to get yourself together. A small question which could take one
> second for a veteran to answer might cost hours, days, weeks to solve for a
> novice. I am a live example. Although I had installed several times
> PostgreSQL on Slackware, I had a hard time with Mandrake 8.0, until yesterday
> when Oscar Buijten shared his experience. So please don't discourage
> questions. No question is a bad question!

I believe very strongly in stupid questions. But also I sometimes find the
answer "That question you can answer yourself - here's how..."
appropriate.

Sorry if I was biting too much. It was meant as constructive criticism :-)

 - Jonas

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