Re: (no subject)

[Wesley Eddy <weddy () masaka cs ohiou edu>]

Warning, this message may offend some viewers ...

On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 12:01:28PM -0800, Joe McAlerney wrote:
> Hello Bhargavi,
>
> There are walkthroughs available at:
>
> http://www.silicondefense.com/techsupport/windows.htm
>
> That should help get you started.
>
> ... 
>
> "Bhargavi Srivathsan." wrote:
> > hello,
> >   I am new to snort.I am working on a win 98 system.I have
> > installed snort but i do not know how to make it run.
> > Please help me.
> > Bye
> > Bhargavi


This mailing list never ceases to amaze me.  Not only does someone ask
such a ridiculous question as "how do I run a windows program", but
there are *multiple* replies.  Please people, don't grace such nonsense
with even a single reply, or if you really must, for god's sake don't
send it to the entire mailing list as well.  What percentage of subscribers
actually find discussion of how to run windows programs useful/interesting
information?  I would guess slim to nil.

Consider that the kid lacks the basic abilities to go to google and
type "snort windows 98" or read documentation, yet has the gall to
email an entire mailing list begging for help with little to no explanation
of his problem and expect assistance.  Do you really think this is a
person who needs to be running snort?  Do you think he knows what it's even
for?  Could he comprehend the output?  I doubt it.  So why even bother,
or more importantly, why bother the list?

I wouldn't get so worked up if this wasn't such a frequent occurence on
this list.  On other lists when an asinine question comes in it gets
ignored, or is answered via personal email not cc'ed to the list.  For
some reason snort-users hasn't learned that behaviour.  Let's try to
change that.

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No I don't.  But thanks for the spam.

-Wes

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"I can't see too well, what's it all about?  I don't know man, did you poke
your eyes out?"         -Angry Samoans, "Lights Out"

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