[arch-general] wget

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Wed, 2012-05-02 at 15:28 -0400, Taylor Hedberg wrote:
> Jeremiah Dodds, Wed 2012-05-02 @ 15:18:03-0400:
> > 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.
> 
> +1
> 
> Not replying at all is preferable to replying sarcastically in a manner
> that might be misconstrued (however naively) as serious advice.

+1