I also wonder...

[Timothy Payne]

On Tue, 2004-08-17 at 06:32, Peter Cannon wrote:
> On Tuesday 17 Aug 2004 13:48, The wise and knowledgeable Timothy Payne 
> proclaimed:

> > > > Okay, I'm really tired and sleep deprived.  ;-)

Hey! that wasn't me, and I'm certainly not wise and knowledgeable :-) As
a Buddhist my purpose is to ease suffering and certainly not to cause
it.  And to tell someone they're an idiot will make them feel bad. (the
suffering thing)  If you make people spend 4 hours looking for a command
or file every time they will just give up and install Windows again.  My
mother told me "If you don't have something nice to say, don't say
anything at all"  so just click delete.

Tim...
AKA The wise and knowledgeable one.  Good looking too!

> 
> I couldn't resist chucking my two penneth worth in first I would like to 
> congratulate Edward M. Croft on his excellent response one or two members 
> would do well to set it as their desktop background to remind them that they 
> are no better than anyone else on this list.
> 
> I have only been using Linux for about 18 months so I am still very much a 
> novice. I very rarely post to this list for the very reasons Edward made, I 
> watch the posts every day 5 days a week and its incredible see the amount of 
> people shot down in flames! by experts in Linux but lacking in people skills.
> 
> I deliberately use the little anecdote on the bottom of my mails to remind me 
> and others that its no crime to ask a question even a thousand times the 
> crime is not asking.
> 
> More importantly I feel better as a human being helping someone than sending 
> them away with a flea in the ear, what has it cost you? two minutes of your 
> time and saved them 2 hours thats a good trade off in my book and I feel 
> better in myself knowing I have made someone happy.
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> Regards
> 
> Peter Cannon
> 
> peter at cannon-linux.freeserve.co.uk
> 
> "There is every excuse for not knowing!"
> "But there is no excuse for not asking!"
>