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How to ask questions! (Score:1)

by pcmantz (8778)

In my opinion, there are several violations of this document: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html [catb.org] Which I have used as an excellent staple to avoid making myself look like an idiot on many occasions.
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  by petdance (2468)
  
  Violating those rules doesn't excuse people being jerks.
  Second, ESR is hardly a shining example of how to behave to other people.
  Third, just because ESR said it doesn't make it holy canon.
  
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    by chromatic (983)
    
    True, but this is one of the least wrong things that ESR has ever published.
    - Re:How to ask questions! (Score:2)
      
      by petdance (2468) <andy@petdance.com> on 2008.08.07 12:54 (#64272) Homepage Journal
      
      Except that when he says shit like
      What we are, unapologetically, is hostile to people who seem to be unwilling to think or to do their own homework before asking questions.
      
      it's saying "It's OK to be a dick to anyone who doesn't do things in the way I want."
      Justification of hostility is absurd.
      
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        by chromatic (983)
        
        Justification of hostility is absurd.
        
        I agree. My praise was faint.

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