Re: (no subject)

["J. Craig Woods" <drjung () sprynet com>]

Wesley Eddy wrote:
> Warning, this message may offend some viewers ...
>
> 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.

Hey, while on the subject, what's a snort?

-- 
J. Craig Woods
UNIX/NT SA

-Art is the illusion of spontaneity-

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