No, the difference is that you're attacking others for not helpking the guy when you clearly don't understand the scope of what you're asking them to do. 'the guy' asked a vague, cryptic question, followed by completely ignorant questions. The fact that he got any response at all is quite amazing. On 12/1/06, bruce <bedouglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
lonni... the difference being.. i'm defending the guy.. as opposed to slamming him, or replying with a sarcastic retort... peace -----Original Message----- From: Lonni J Friedman [mailto:netllama@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 3:25 PM To: bedouglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; For users of Fedora Subject: Re: Linksys PCMCIA Linux Driver seeing as how you don't seem to have the answer either... pot, kettle, black. On 12/1/06, bruce <bedouglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > hey guys... > > the original poster was/is simply trying to get his damm wireless to work. > in my opinion, not a really difficult question to ask. if you want > linux/fedora to really grow, you have to expect that there will be questions > that you as the person replying might consider to to be really basic.. > > so get off your horse and help with complete answers if you have them, or > don't. but unless you know for a fact that the person submitting the request > has a habit of expecting to be spoonfed simple answers, give him a break. > > last i checked, the purpose of the email list was/is supposed to be for > helping, not for slamming.. > > the fact is, setting up a wireless connection on fedora/linux isn't just > plug/play. in fact, if you don't know what you're doing, you can easily get > lost. > > so, i'm sure the guy was/is looking for detailed instructions on how to get > his connection working. if anyone has this kind of information, i'm sure he > would appreciate it. but a one or two word answer, or a sarcastic comment > isn't going to help him... >
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