RE: general doubt

At 11:00 AM 1/4/01 -0800, you wrote:
>problem staring them in the face, and not being able
>to see it? (That was last week for me.. :) So, yeah,
>some of the questions may seem simple, but I'm not

Um, I don't think Alex has a problem with simple Oracle questions. I think he's getting frustrated with questions like:

• How do I install linux, and where do I get it from.
• What's the internet? Give me a complete explanation, please.
• How do you use [some unix command]?
• How do I reset the root password?
• What are B2B and B2C solutions (which may or may not be oracle-related)
• how do I transfer calls without losing them?
• What's bran?

And simple questions come in two forms -- questions with a one-sentence answer, like "convert your date to internal before comparing it", and the open-ended question, like -- "I've been told to install Oracle. Please tell me how".

I don't want to trash anyone, and I don't want to become a casualty du flame-war (my asbestos britches are at the cleaners), but there *is* a charter to this group, even if unwritten and informal, and if the signal-to-noise ratio gets too low, the gods and demi-gods will eventually leave. Wouldn't be the first time. To see the results, join list-portslave. Couple of times a day, there'll be a plaintive question posted. And no response except the wind howling down the canyon.

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