On 12/27/05, Jim Louis <lcojiml at yahoo.com> wrote: > I tend to agree that perhaps more research and trial/error should be put > forth before sending an email asking for help. Sometimes taking a step back > from the problem for a bit can help in looking at it in a different light. I > like to think that part of all this open source is learning how to howto. > After doing all the research then the questions seem to be more pertinent > and detailed as well. > > my 0.02. > > jl > Nobody ever suggested that it would be wrong to point out when somebody should have done more research before asking a question. The only issue is how it's done. It's possible to reprimand somebody without being an asshole to them. That's all I was suggesting. Especially if there's no pattern of egregious behavior, which there doesn't seem to be in this case. (not to mention that the original post asked specifically if somebody on the list had a knoppix cd or iso -- it didn't ask how to find a link to download the ISO. For all anyone knew, he didn't have broadband and wanted to burn a copy from somebody locally so he didn't have to wait a week for the download. But the second poster jumped all over him without bothering to find out). jonathon