Jared- All I can say is thanks. It is because of you and Mladen that I can go home with a smile in this otherwise stressful and thankless job. Ron Thomas Hypercom, Inc rthomas@xxxxxxxxxxxx "To really screw up Linux you have to work at it...To really screw up Windows, you have to work ON it..." Jared.Still@xxxxxxxxxxx Sent by: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx To rg oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx cc 04/27/2004 03:58 PM Subject RE: 10G New Features Book Please respond to oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > What I've learned, is that sooner or later, when the > asker has not been answered, the asker will RTFM > anyway. And, they will have done so without having > been explicitly told to do so. With all due respect Melanie, that isn't what usually happens. When a post goes unanswered, this is what happens. * message is re-posted * that goes unanswered * poster then asks the list: "Hey, why hasn't anyone answered this?" * poster asks me: "Hey, why hasn't anyone answered this?" * I reply: * * maybe no one knows the answer * * maybe it's so dead easy no body bothers * Mladen G. says to RTFM, along with a technical explanation down to the bit level. * Ian M. takes it further, down to the quantam level. * Jonathan L. posts a concise, insightful and clear reply * poster asks for clarification * Tim G. writes the first chapter of a book on the subject and posts it to the list. * Juan P. points the poster to asktom * Paul D. explains why the RAID is misconfigured * Poster asks Tim for all the implementation code for the first chapter of the book. * Kathy D. implies the poster has no social life and has much imbibing to catch up on. * Tim G. writes the second chapter to the book and posts it. * Poster tries RTFM but is overwhelmed by the table of contents. * Dennis W. does a googles search and posts the answer to to the problem 2 minutes after reading the email. * poster sends resume to Starbucks * resume returned - DBA's are under-qualified. That's the general flow, anyway. Jared ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------