Another funny.... <OT>

[Dave Stevens]

Quoting Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com>:

> 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.

and adding site:<listarchive> to the search terms really narrows it down.

Dave

  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.
> Linux user# 44256
>
>
> --
> ubuntu-users mailing list
> ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Modify settings or unsubscribe at:  
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
>



-- 
"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society."
   Krishnamurti