OT: Acronyms [was RE: Question]

rh reg.hughson-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org
Sat Feb 28 19:03:26 UTC 2004


On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 13:28:32 -0500
Chris Keelan <rufmetal-MwcKTmeKVNQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:

[snip]

> It turns out that Street Smart wasn't trolling and for that I owe him
> an apology. I made that assessment based on his two messages, the
> first of which was a question to the list asking how he could ask the
> list questions (?!?), the second offered the observation that FreeBSD
> might be the best Linux distro for a beginner.
> 
> Are you telling me that your antennae didn't twitch at that?
> 

Your antennae may have twitched but in the end, your assumption was
wrong. Unfortunately, far too often, people are so quick to want to fire
that 'RTFM' answer out there with their aura of superiority. I am
sure that turns alot of people off of lists and and of ventures such as
learning linux.
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