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On Saturday 27 Jul 2013 20:16:05 bad apple wrote: > On 27/07/13 19:57, Neil Stone wrote: > > You will not win > > and friends nor influence anyone if you decide to point this out. > > You are familiar with my posting history, right? :] > > I think what is needed is maybe a certain sub-category of posts that can > be immediately dismissed: > > When someone evidently hasn't bothered with even the most perfunctory of > google (or other search engines) queries is a prime candidate. > > Many will counter that this is a friendly linux users mailing list where > even the most basic of queries can be submitted without fear of > Gentoo-style "RTFM n00b" flaming, but this doesn't even pass the bar of > "learn to help yourself before you embarrass yourself". > > Seriously? Autostarting a daemon on a Debian based OS? Oh noes, how on > earth can such a mind-blastingly complex thing even be theorised?! > Quick, get all the elite kernel programmers out of bed! > > This is probably the most retarded single question I have ever seen on a > linux forum/list since someone asked about installing Windows Update via > Wine to keep their various windows components and *.dlls up to date > (yeah, seriously). > > One has to wonder how on earth the original user even managed to get as > far as installing anything on the Pi in the first place. > > Regards How about adding a "newbie" to the subject line. mandrake / mandriva had two mailing lists, newbie and expert, and most of the people subscribed to both. Black country honery member of dcglug! John Bowden (IRC Led43_???) -- Guy Fawkes, the only man to enter the house's of Parliament with honest intentions, (he was going to blow them up!) Registered Linux user number 414240 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq