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From: "Paul Derbyshire" <derbyshire AT globalserve DOT net>
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Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 14:52:26 -0400
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Subject: Re: Home directories with spaces (was: Re: Mysterious gdb behavior.)
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On 29 Jul 2002 at 23:48, Christopher Faylor wrote:

> >Wait a minute, we were talking about searching the mailing list 
> >archives, not Google. Also, there are so many ways to phrase that 
> >that a priori I'd have no reason to expect any one phrasing to work, 
> >and I can't be bothered to try every permutation.
> 
> Hmm.  Given that there are thousands of people reading this mailing list
> you could expect many replies.  There is no way of knowing which of
> them would be correct.  Sounds like it is not worth your time to be
> asking questions either.

The analogy doesn't hold. Generally the ignorant refrain from opening 
their mouths and babbling, while the knowledgeable are all too happy 
to help. A search engine isn't that smart; only its user can judge 
relevance, but on a mailing list I'd hope responsers were generally 
capable of judging relevance and deciding whether or not to reply on 
that basis.

> Although, I suspect your real reason for not using Google is that you
> can't argue with Google.  Or maybe you find that you are winning all
> of your arguments with Google and are looking for a challenge.

I didn't come here to argue, I came here for expert help with a 
problem. If I wanted an argument I'd post to alt.flame. If I wanted 
to do everything myself I would research on Google instead of posting 
to the list. But if everyone is supposed to do that what's the 
purpose of this list?

> We don't send out notices every time the FAQ is updated.  The reason we
> include the URL for the FAQ in the bottom of this message and suggest,
> in the mailing list welcome message, that you consult it before posting
> is because it is guaranteed to be more up-to-date than something you
> downloaded a while ago.

I did consult the FAQ before posting. I looked for any reference to 
"error 193" and found none. That, of course, being all I had to go on 
at the time. Surely you're not suggesting that I consult the FAQ 
before *every single posting*, even responses to a thread, and not 
just before starting a new one? That would consume way too much time 
for too little likely gain.


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