From: Brian McGahan (bmcgahan@internetworkexpert.com)
Date: Tue Mar 30 2004 - 21:44:03 GMT-3
Jonathan,
Instead of wasting all this time on researching the answer,
wouldn't it just be easier to ask somebody that already knows?
Thanks,
Brian McGahan, CCIE #8593
bmcgahan@internetworkexpert.com
Internetwork Expert, Inc.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf
Of
> Jonathan Hays
> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 12:01 PM
> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: How to ask a question
>
> In the hopes of teaching people how to get better responses to their
> GroupStudy posts, I offer this link by Eric S. Raymond and Rick Moen:
>
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
> Here's my favorite excerpt:
>
> - - -
> "Before You Ask
>
> Before asking a technical question by email, or in a newsgroup, or on
a
> website chat board, do the following:
>
> Try to find an answer by searching the Web.
>
> Try to find an answer by reading the manual.
>
> Try to find an answer by reading a FAQ.
>
> Try to find an answer by inspection or experimentation.
>
> Try to find an answer by asking a skilled friend.
>
> If you are a programmer, try to find an answer by reading the source
> code.
>
> When you ask your question, display the fact that you have done these
> things first; this will help establish that you're not being a lazy
> sponge and wasting people's time. Better yet, display what you have
> learned from doing these things. We like answering questions for
people
> who have demonstrated that they can learn from the answers."
> - - -
>
> HTH,
>
> Jonathan
>
>
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