A rather lengthy essay on a simple topic. The sections on "courtesty never
hurts, and sometimes helps" and Dealing with Rudeness" are ironically
interesting in that the co-author, Rick Moen, while on the silicon valley lug
list had the bad habit of flaming newbies for their allegedly "dumb"
questions. I have never seen anyone so rude and discourteous on a lug list
as he. I would say that he is not a credible authority on the subject.
Smitty
On Tuesday 03 September 2002 08:19, you wrote:
> Hey Everyone,
>
> I came across this while looking for more information about my AS400
> terminal emulator. It's the "How to ask a question on a mailing list."
> howto...sorta. It should be a HOWTO, anyway. It was written by Eric S
> Raymond, and Rick Moen. It's very informative, and even funny in places.
> The URL is: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Russell
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