rsync progress

[Ric Moore]

On 09/30/2013 12:59 PM, Tommy Trussell wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 6:26 AM, Patrick Asselman <iceblink at seti.nl
> <mailto:iceblink at seti.nl>> wrote:
>
>     On 2013-09-28 20:33, Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
>
>         So far I have almost never got any answers to anything I asked here,
>
>
>     And adding this line will make sure that this improves, right?
>
>
> I'm not sure of the "official" stance about supporting this mailing
> list, but in my opinion it is getting a bit less helpful every month.
> I'm not certain of the cause, but I believe it's because the only way to
> "police" problematic postings is to warn and/or ban after the fact.
>
> The discussion forums (the official Ubuntu ones as well as others) are
> probably somewhat better places to discuss technical questions,
> especially if they are consistently and conscientiously moderated.

No, that tends to run experienced people off instead. The BEST way to 
get a response is to show that you have already done your own homework 
first and still come up empty. That makes the quest a challenge. Or, if 
someone just falls down and cries HELP ME! it usually doesn't. Doing 
some demonstrable personal due-diligence first is the key for successful 
support participation within the older hard line users.

Plus, the problem has to be ~interesting~ and/or resolvable for anyone 
else to spend time with it. This is olde timey stuff and olde-timey list 
netiquette. Plus, your remark is just "glittering generalities" with no 
basis in fact.

Help someone ...if you're that concerned. That is easy, with a bit of 
experience. But to Google up the answer for someone else? Nah. 
Personally I am not interested in doing that and thereby foster a 
dependency. I doubt anyone else here is either. Ric

p/s You'll NEVER see me reply to a top poster either, but that's just me.

-- 
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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