Re: I thought this was a PHP developers list

Hahahahahaha! I don't like some geek's holier-than-thou attitude and he wants to fight me? Oh well good luck to him I suppose :-) Stupid argument anyway. Newbies aren't going away, and even gurus need to ask "stupid" questions sometimes..... sheesh. -Gfunk [-= Visit my website! http://www.gfunk007.com/ - ICQ:74477509 =-] ----- Original Message ----- From: Andreas Pour <pour@mieterra.com> To: gfunk007 <josh@gfunk007.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 8:16 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] I thought this was a PHP developers list > > If you are ever in New York, please let me know so you can say these > things to my face. Loser. > > You're in my kill file, so don't bother responding. > > > gfunk007 wrote: > > > > Oh fuck off... First of all, the archives are almost useless, the > > search is so stupid it's hard to find the answers to almost anything, > > and secondly, the search url isn't on the list any more, so where > > does joe newbie go to find out? If you don't wanna help somebody, > > then don't. Keep your elitist opinions to yourself, if you're so damned > > good at it what are you doing on this list anyway? > > > > -Gfunk > > > > [-= Visit my website! http://www.gfunk007.com/ - > > ICQ:74477509 =-] > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Andreas Pour <pour@mieterra.com> > > To: <M.vanderMerwe@expro.shell.co.uk> > > Cc: <J.Wesbeek@DoWebWeDo.com>; <php-general@lists.php.net> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 7:48 PM > > Subject: Re: [PHP] I thought this was a PHP developers list > > > > > M.vanderMerwe@expro.shell.co.uk wrote: > > > > > > > > I read the manual, or at least the parts of it I was interested in, but > > > > I've learnt a lot by just sitting and reading the mails on this list. > > > > In a few months all the people on this list will know more about PHP. > > > > It's a growing thing. No one was born an adult, this is the same, we > > > > learn as we go along and soon everyone knows a lot more and questions > > > > change in relation to that experience. > > > > > > > > If all the learners go to a newbie list, who will answer the questions? > > > > I've never seen a manual that answers all questions. > > > > > > True, but if I see one more mail asking how to do MIME mail attachments, > > > I'm gonna hurl. It's true that newbies should be able to ask any > > > question, but not the same one over and over and over again. All it > > > takes is checking the archives before posting a question -- but of > > > course that is more work for the poster. > > > > > > It's the old adage about giving someone a fish and teaching them to > > > fish. If people bothered searching the archives before posting > > > questions this list would be bearable; as it stands I also am about to > > > give up. > > > > > > And that's a shame, as 1 in every 50 posts is very interesting. Would > > > be nice if someone played moderator and there was a moderated version of > > > the list . . . . > > > > > > Ciao, > > > > > > Andreas > > > > > > -- > > > 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 > > > > > > > -- > > 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 >