RTFM replies
- From: Mladen Gogala <gogala@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: oracle-l <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 05:49:58 +0000
I am receiving 65 messages per day, very few interesting ones among them. Most
of
these messages are sheer clutter, usually saying things like "here is my query,
why
is it slow". The net result is the fact that this list is becoming less and
less
useful for me. I seldomly see Tanel Poder, Nuno Suoto, Mogens Norgaard, Tim
Gorman,
Cary Millsap or Jonathan Lewis. Personally, I am willing to respond to
questions and
I frequently do so. If this list becomes a pile of worthless spam that
needlessly
wastes my bandwidth then I'll do the same thing as Nuno Suoto: unsubscribe and
switch
to c.d.o.server. I am aware that the most of the list will breathe a sigh of
relief
if that happens but I am reluctant to give up a great tool that this list once
was,
just yet. So, I fully intend to continue decreasing what I see as a worthless
junk by
all means at my disposal, unless told otherwise by the administrator. If that
happens,
I'll simply unsubscribe, after 10 years of presence on this list.
What gets me started are questions that can easily be answered by reading
manuals.
I don't believe that this is an online manual. To keep the peace, please
respect me
and do not post trivial questions. Then I will respect you and will not post
replies
which belong to this group as much as the trivial questions that instigated
them.
Namely, I do consider rude expecting other people to do your homework for you.
In P2P
world, people that do not contribute but just pump out stuff are called
"leeches".
Frequently asking trivial questions that are answered in the literature is
usually a
sign of similar parasitic attitude and unwillingness to invest even minimal
personal
effort. I am a member of this list for 10 years, much longer then most of the
people
asking trivial questions. I shall not waste my time any longer if 95% of the
topics are
started by questions that can trivially be answered by a minimal personal
effort. So far,
I am not willing to give up. This may change soon. It's up to you. On my part,
I can
only promise to put in additional effort and imagination to thinly veil the
RTFM phrase,
much to the delight of the target.
--
Mladen Gogala
http://www.mgogala.com
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