* "How to Ask Questions The Smart Way"
@ 2001-09-10 15:44 Christopher Faylor
2001-09-10 15:48 ` tplesco
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From: Christopher Faylor @ 2001-09-10 15:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
One of our regular cygwin mailing list contributors (and frequent 'agent
provocatuer') has pointed me to a wonderful article written by Eric S.
Raymond.
It is entitled "How to Ask Questions The Smart Way" and it is here:
http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Here's the first paragraph:
"In the world of hackers, the kind of answers you get to your technical
questions depends as much on the way you ask the questions as on the
difficulty of developing the answer. This guide will teach you how to
ask questions in a way that is likely to get you a satisfactory answer."
If you have the time, this article is, IMO, well worth a read.
If you don't have the time, and you still want to get questions answered
by the hacker volunteers who man free software projects, then you really
should make the time anyway and read this article.
cgf
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* Re: "How to Ask Questions The Smart Way"
2001-09-10 15:44 "How to Ask Questions The Smart Way" Christopher Faylor
@ 2001-09-10 15:48 ` tplesco
2001-09-10 15:51 ` Christopher Faylor
2001-09-10 15:56 ` Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)
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From: tplesco @ 2001-09-10 15:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
So do you think we should read Eric Raymond's article?
(just kidding!)
On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 06:44:11PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> One of our regular cygwin mailing list contributors (and frequent 'agent
> provocatuer') has pointed me to a wonderful article written by Eric S.
> Raymond.
>
> It is entitled "How to Ask Questions The Smart Way" and it is here:
>
> http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
> Here's the first paragraph:
>
> "In the world of hackers, the kind of answers you get to your technical
> questions depends as much on the way you ask the questions as on the
> difficulty of developing the answer. This guide will teach you how to
> ask questions in a way that is likely to get you a satisfactory answer."
>
> If you have the time, this article is, IMO, well worth a read.
>
> If you don't have the time, and you still want to get questions answered
> by the hacker volunteers who man free software projects, then you really
> should make the time anyway and read this article.
>
> cgf
>
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* Re: "How to Ask Questions The Smart Way"
2001-09-10 15:48 ` tplesco
@ 2001-09-10 15:51 ` Christopher Faylor
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From: Christopher Faylor @ 2001-09-10 15:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 03:49:41PM -0700, tplesco wrote:
>So do you think we should read Eric Raymond's article?
>
>(just kidding!)
Hah. Humor! Hackers like humor! It says so right in the article. :-)
cgf
>On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 06:44:11PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> One of our regular cygwin mailing list contributors (and frequent 'agent
>> provocatuer') has pointed me to a wonderful article written by Eric S.
>> Raymond.
>>
>> It is entitled "How to Ask Questions The Smart Way" and it is here:
>>
>> http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>>
>> Here's the first paragraph:
>>
>> "In the world of hackers, the kind of answers you get to your technical
>> questions depends as much on the way you ask the questions as on the
>> difficulty of developing the answer. This guide will teach you how to
>> ask questions in a way that is likely to get you a satisfactory answer."
>>
>> If you have the time, this article is, IMO, well worth a read.
>>
>> If you don't have the time, and you still want to get questions answered
>> by the hacker volunteers who man free software projects, then you really
>> should make the time anyway and read this article.
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* Re: "How to Ask Questions The Smart Way"
2001-09-10 15:44 "How to Ask Questions The Smart Way" Christopher Faylor
2001-09-10 15:48 ` tplesco
@ 2001-09-10 15:56 ` Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)
2001-09-10 16:20 ` Corinna Vinschen
2001-09-11 14:26 ` Paul G.
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From: Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) @ 2001-09-10 15:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
Bravo! This one got a bookmark from me so I can point folks to it in the
future! :-)
Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com
118 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX
At 06:44 PM 9/10/2001, you wrote:
>One of our regular cygwin mailing list contributors (and frequent 'agent
>provocatuer') has pointed me to a wonderful article written by Eric S.
>Raymond.
>
>It is entitled "How to Ask Questions The Smart Way" and it is here:
>
> http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>Here's the first paragraph:
>
>"In the world of hackers, the kind of answers you get to your technical
>questions depends as much on the way you ask the questions as on the
>difficulty of developing the answer. This guide will teach you how to
>ask questions in a way that is likely to get you a satisfactory answer."
>
>If you have the time, this article is, IMO, well worth a read.
>
>If you don't have the time, and you still want to get questions answered
>by the hacker volunteers who man free software projects, then you really
>should make the time anyway and read this article.
>
>cgf
>
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* Re: "How to Ask Questions The Smart Way"
2001-09-10 15:44 "How to Ask Questions The Smart Way" Christopher Faylor
2001-09-10 15:48 ` tplesco
2001-09-10 15:56 ` Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)
@ 2001-09-10 16:20 ` Corinna Vinschen
2001-09-11 14:26 ` Paul G.
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From: Corinna Vinschen @ 2001-09-10 16:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 06:44:11PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> One of our regular cygwin mailing list contributors (and frequent 'agent
> provocatuer') has pointed me to a wonderful article written by Eric S.
> Raymond.
>
> It is entitled "How to Ask Questions The Smart Way" and it is here:
>
> http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
That article is really good. And so true...
I didn't know STFW so far ;-)
What about STFMLA - Search The F*cking Mailing List Archive?
Corinna
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* Re: "How to Ask Questions The Smart Way"
2001-09-10 15:44 "How to Ask Questions The Smart Way" Christopher Faylor
` (2 preceding siblings ...)
2001-09-10 16:20 ` Corinna Vinschen
@ 2001-09-11 14:26 ` Paul G.
2001-09-11 14:37 ` Christopher Faylor
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From: Paul G. @ 2001-09-11 14:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
Excellent Article.
Worthy of being added as a standard link in all mailing lists dealing with technical questions and
answers.
Paul G.
On 10 Sep 2001 at 18:44, the Illustrious Christopher Faylor wrote:
> One of our regular cygwin mailing list contributors (and frequent 'agent
> provocatuer') has pointed me to a wonderful article written by Eric S.
> Raymond.
>
> It is entitled "How to Ask Questions The Smart Way" and it is here:
>
> http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
> Here's the first paragraph:
>
> "In the world of hackers, the kind of answers you get to your technical
> questions depends as much on the way you ask the questions as on the
> difficulty of developing the answer. This guide will teach you how to
> ask questions in a way that is likely to get you a satisfactory answer."
>
> If you have the time, this article is, IMO, well worth a read.
>
> If you don't have the time, and you still want to get questions answered
> by the hacker volunteers who man free software projects, then you really
> should make the time anyway and read this article.
>
> cgf
>
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* Re: "How to Ask Questions The Smart Way"
2001-09-11 14:26 ` Paul G.
@ 2001-09-11 14:37 ` Christopher Faylor
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From: Christopher Faylor @ 2001-09-11 14:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 02:26:19PM -0800, Paul G. wrote:
>Excellent Article.
>
>Worthy of being added as a standard link in all mailing lists dealing
>with technical questions and answers.
It's already added to http://cygwin.com/bugs.html .
cgf
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