RE: Re[2]: When one can call oneself expert

"Johan Muller" <johan.muller@xxxxxxxxx> · Thu, 23 Dec 2004 10:41:05 -0600

Adapted (freely) from the jargon file: "It is better to be described as a
expert (hacker) by others than to describe oneself that way."

For more (and the rest of the file):

http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/H/hacker.html

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Thursday, December 23, 2004, 9:40:29 AM, Nick Tilbury @ Northampton
(ntilbury@xxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
NTN> I just answer their questions if I can, but also just as 
NTN> importantly, if I don't know I SAY SO !

I find that my most frequent answer to questions are the three words "I
don't know." Hopefully, I can find out, but "I don't know" is most often
where I begin.

Best regards,

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