Chad Perrin wrote:
> The Linux
> community, by contrast, expects you to make the effort of actually
> providing the information necessary to make your question useful to
> those seeking to answer it, and frustration with people who don't do so
> can lead to short, curt answers. This is where RTFM arises, as far as I
> can tell.
Ah, yes...I've witnessed that in some forums also....it seems it's a
given that you must provide enough info to get an answer....which in
turn helps the person learn about their system as they locate that
info...Hmmmmm, pretty smart that is...:)
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> If I
> don't get any responses telling me I'm wrong, I guess I'll adopt the
> working assumption that I'm onto something, somewhere in there.
Yes, that's it exactly....:)
> It's
> interactive Socratic autodidactism, I guess.
Say that five times fast! LOL....that's exactly what it is,imo..
> It works, too. It takes a
> dash of either humility or modesty to make it work most of the time,
> though. I have none of the former, but a fair helping of the latter.
For me what works with that method is the willingness to admit being
wrong about the subject or at least willing to change my mind....which
turns out is easy for me as I never write anything in stone...if it's
static it's not evolving and growing....but stagnant.
Chris in DC
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