Autorun is VERY bad

[devicerandom]

On 07/02/11 22:09, Jon Grant wrote:
>> No, it *is* helpful, because it gives the person two really essential
>> informations:
>> - The answer you look for is probably in the "manual"
>> (documentation/google/etc.)
>> - Not doing your homework is highly frowned upon
>
> We would all like perfectly framed questions, and discussions. The
> reality is that it doesn't always play out like that in ESR simplicity
> ;) Don't be hard on people when it isn't ideal, we're all newbies once.

Yes, and I'm happy to have been RTFM-ed as a newbie, because looking at 
the acronym and looking at the meaning made me realize that my approach 
was wrong, and that there was a better approach.

RTFM is not punitive: it is *help*. Tough help, but help. We're saying 
the newbie: "This is what you should do, and we really mean you should 
do that, and acquire a thick skin".

> As above. See Popey email too, just ignore any email from a mailing list
> that you don't appreciate.

It's not simply a matter of not appreciating, but of helping the newbie.

I prefer to link the ESR essay than just answering RTFM, but the gist is 
the same: Do your homework if you want us to help -and if you do so, 
you'll probably won't even need us to help and you'll learn a lot more.

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