Re: New lists (was [PHP] Attitude of B van Ouwerkerk)

Mike, I did all of those things last night after work! I joined this lsit cos i thought PHP stood for potted house plants! ;^) George in Edinburgh ----- Original Message ----- From: mike cullerton <php-l@bakednotfried.com> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 4:32 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] New lists (was [PHP] Attitude of B van Ouwerkerk) > on 8/2/01 11:54 PM, Richard Lynch at ceo@l-i-e.com wrote: > > >> Maybe the problem is a poor educational system; some people are just too > >> lazy to do research / properly phrase a query for a search engine / > >> experiment a bit before posting? > > > > They've been trained by Microsoft and other commercial software vendors > > whose documentation sucks, whose help systems cost hundreds of $$$ and... > > > > It takes time for people to realize that OpenSource software and > > documentation must be approached in a different way. > > let's not forget, that people don't all learn the same way, and that not > everyone started programming and using the internet back in the 1980's. some > folks don't yet have a good feel for the bigger picture, and don't know that > all these problems really boil down to a smaller number of classic problems. > or, how to go about picking this stuff up. that's what mentors are for. > > i'm guessing, that everyone on this list knows something that no one else on > this list groks, yes, even kyle. so, are you stupid for not knowing how to > rebuild the engine in my vw bus, or how to maintain the 2 dozen rose bushes > i have, or how to play the guitar, or what stupid rat creatures are, or who > wrote _rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead_, or how to make panang curry > (with chicken)? > > did i get everyone :) > > oh ya, and some folks are just socially challenged. > > have a day, > mike > > -- mike cullerton > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com