> What I've learned, is that sooner or later, when the
> asker has not been answered, the asker will RTFM
> anyway. And, they will have done so without having
> been explicitly told to do so.
With all due respect Melanie, that isn't what usually happens.
When a post goes unanswered, this is what happens.
- message is re-posted
- that goes unanswered
- poster then asks the list:
"Hey, why hasn't anyone answered this?"
- poster asks me:
"Hey, why hasn't anyone answered this?"
- I reply:
- * maybe no one knows the answer
- * maybe it's so dead easy no body bothers
- Mladen G. says to RTFM, along with a technical
explanation down to the bit level.
- Ian M. takes it further, down to the quantam level.
- Jonathan L. posts a concise, insightful and clear reply
- poster asks for clarification
- Tim G. writes the first chapter of a book on the subject
and posts it to the list.
- Juan P. points the poster to asktom
- Paul D. explains why the RAID is misconfigured
- Poster asks Tim for all the implementation code
for the first chapter of the book.
- Kathy D. implies the poster has no social life and
has much imbibing to catch up on.
- Tim G. writes the second chapter to the book and posts it.
- Poster tries RTFM but is overwhelmed by the
table of contents.
- Dennis W. does a googles search and posts the answer to
to the problem 2 minutes after reading the email.
- poster sends resume to Starbucks
- resume returned - DBA's are under-qualified.
That's the general flow, anyway.
Jared
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