Another funny.... <OT>

[Ric Moore]

On Thu, 2010-11-18 at 15:48 -0800, Pastor JW wrote:
> On Wednesday, November 17, 2010 11:47:57 pm Basil Chupin wrote:
> > On 18/11/2010 15:11, Mark wrote:
> > > On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Mark<mhullrich at gmail.com>  wrote:
> > >>> Why don't you just change the short-cut manually to be what you want it
> > >>> to be?
> > >> 
> > >> You know, if I have to do actual work to get these things the way I
> > >> want them to be, to hell with 'em!  :-)
> > >> 
> > >> Actually, I didn't even think of that, but, surprise (not), it makes
> > >> sense.  Shouldn't be too hard, done it before, muttering away down the
> > >> hall, scratching my head....
> > > 
> > > All right, that wasn't as easy as it looked.  I had to google for the
> > > answer, and the first conversation up was wrong (well, sort of - it
> > > contained misleading information) but it pointed me in the right
> > > direction.
> > 
> > Which is why I do NOT propagate the urban legend that "google is your
> > friend".
> > 
> > It makes a lot more sense to ask for help about a problem, and get it,
> > from either this forum or launchpad or the Ubuntu documentation.
> 
> Exactly correct!  I'd much prefer to hear and receive help from someone I 
> "know and trust" rather than rely on a proved less than stellar 60,000 set of 
> answers from Google.  
>  
> > What you get when you "google" is equivalent to using a Usenet newsgroup
> > where morons mostly post moronic statements/answers.
> 
> I tend to also lose respect for those who jump in and refer a person to 
> google.  Not only is it not at all helpful to the new user but just makes him 
> feel lost and alone.   

If one "googles" and clicks on the links found that reflect back to
earlier question/answer posts on ~this list~, then that would save some
time, getting an immediate hit on a resolution to a problem specific to
Ubuntu. That's been the whole reason for the top-post ban, so one can
follow an earlier thread easily. That is what sets us apart from the
marching morons of that other OS. What is there to loose respect for?
It's just plain courtesy for someone to check to see if the problem has
been resolved before and how, before asking here. Some people feel lost
and alone without their prancing pink unicorn in their sig, in this text
only format, but I can't help that. :) Ric

-- 
My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say:
"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
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