[arch-general] wget

[Don deJuan]

On 05/02/2012 12:18 PM, Jeremiah Dodds wrote:
> Don deJuan<donjuansjiz at gmail.com>  writes:
>
>> On 05/02/2012 11:35 AM, Jeremiah Dodds wrote:
>>> Don deJuan<donjuansjiz at gmail.com>   writes:
>>>
>>>> Um, was a sarcastic joke LOL
>>>
>>> Yes, with no indication in reply to a genuine (and fairly reasonable, if
>>> you remember being a newbie to linux) question.
>>
>> LOL ok thanks for your educational reminder. Next time I will RTFM of n00bs
>> before replying
>
> You ... pretty much have to regardless.
>
>> to something that deserves as much of a poking as it does an
>> answer. Honestly to me if you are using a different OS, make no claim to using
>> Arch and you decide to post to here to find an answer, a poking is well
>> deserved.
>
> A poking, or an RTFM, sure. All I'm saying is that what you posted
> doesn't help the noob. RTFM helps the noob. Pointing out that this place
> has nothing to do with Mint, even mockingly (even at Drepper levels of
> intensity), helps the noob.
>
> "Making a joke" that is only a joke to people who know enough not to do
> the thing the noob did does not help the noob.
>
> It's not your responsibility to help, it's also not your responsibility
> to hinder. We were all dumb noobs once, and I for one don't feel good if
> I plant misinformation in someones head, intentionally or not.
>
> YMMV, of course.

yes it does ;) LOL hope your day gets better LOL