Re: I also wonder...

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On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, Michael E. Webster wrote:

> While we're wondering...  I wonder why people are quick to post 
> straight forward questions without taking time to research
> their "problem".  Google is a great resource for finding answers.
> 
> I'm certainly not trying to be pretentious, but come on now...   I'd
> like to think that linux users are smarter than the average end-user.
> How do I print?  How do I exit vim?  How do I play my mp3 files?
> Most likely many of these questions have been answered before.
> Search the web, search the newsgroups, search the fedora-list archives.
> For many of these simple questions, the answer is just a search away.
> 
> Seriously, I'd like to know.  Is it easier to send an email asking for
> an answer than it is to find the answer yourself?  Sure it is.  Will you
> remember what you did to fix the problem two months from now?  Probably
> not.  Is it laziness?  Most likely.

Sometimes that is true.  Sometimes Google gives you back a bunch of 
useless information.  Depends on the problem and how you specify the 
search term.



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