From: "A. Sinan Unur" <sinan DOT unur AT cornell DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: zoneinfo
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 1997 15:37:53 -0500
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kifox wrote:
> 
> In article <Pine DOT SUN DOT 3 DOT 91 DOT 971130133558 DOT 5422b-100000 AT is>, eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il
> says...
> >On 29 Nov 1997, kifox wrote:
> >
> >> What exactly is this directory used for?
> >
> >This is explained at some length in the DJGPP FAQ list, section
> >22.16.
> 
> Why waste everyone's time by posting this kind of useless answer? If
> you didn't want to answer the question, you shouldn't have bothered
> replying to it. DJ himself thought the question deserved a *real*
> answer....

what DJ did is beside the point. what is to the point is that it is
everywhere and always appropriate to answer a FAQ with a pointer to the
correct 'frequent answer.' it is your responsibility to acquaint
yourself with the FAQ for whatever newsgroup you are posting to. if you
fail to do that, and someone politely points you to the correct
reference, you thank that person.

by the way, please don't say i am flaming you, because this is just an
explanation of life on the UseNet. for more info, go to one of the big
search sites and search for netiquette.

finally, by posting a succint and correct answer, eli is saving
everyone's time. 
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A. Sinan Unur
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Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA

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