[Tfug] Audio/Video woes

[Stephen Hooper]

Hi Paul,

I was not trying to imply that you were a newbie, just that advice
like, "Oh, so foo doesn't work for you!  It works fine for me on bar
distribution, so install bar distribution," would seem to me to only
cause confusion in newbies.

I did search for mail, from you before writing my reply.  I found you
first posting on Aug 1.  Fair enough.  I am sorry if you have been
posting for longer, but I don't recall your name, and I changed email
accounts around that time for my TFUG delivery.

That said, I am sure no one shook their head in disgust, but I do
wonder why you didn't try to google the question first.

 If the answer you were given by uri I inserted into the mail that I
first sent (the email that seems to make me do nothing but try to
explain myself) was insufficient, or wrong, then the list would
probably be appropriate place to ask.

On the other hand, if I can google something, and come up with what
looks like the right answer within the first page, then I do feel it
incumbent upon myself to point out that the answer is on Google, and
that by asking on the list you have done nothing but increase the
overall noise level of the internet.  Even if it is well intentioned,
it is still noise.

Hope that seems as sensible to everyone else, as it does to me.

On 9/24/06, Paul Vandine <paulv22 at cox.net> wrote:
> Ok,
>
> 1st I am no Linux newbie, installed my 1st after doing a blind ftp from
> Sunsites, to 12 5 1/4" floppies.  At that time there were maybe a dozen
> folks I could get help from in Tucson.  That was fun.  I have since
> explored 10+ different distros.
>
> I will have to agree, blowing away a distro because 1 thing doesn't work
> is ridiculous.  I do consulting mainly on Windows machines, and I have
> seen and heard the lazy consultants who do an OS reinstall if there is
> any problem whatsoever.  I agree with Stephen. As I have a good resource
> in this list, I decided to take the easy way out and no dig through
> forum after forum to possibly find the answer.
>
> Sorry if it has inconvenienced anyone on the list who had to read my
> posts and shake their head in disgust.  I do that sometimes myself.
>
> Peace
>
> Paul
> http://www.circlepknives.net/
>
>
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