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We were all there once

Filed under: Bits and Bytes by Hari
Posted on Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 16:49 IST (last updated: Wed, Jul 16, 2008 @ 21:39 IST)

Sometimes we just need to remind ourselves that we were newbies once and so learn to show patience when others show the same level of ignorance that we once did and we have now conveniently forgotten. I have been getting annoyed by real basic questions by newbies on forums, but I guess I must admit it: I used to asked them myself.

I was browsing an old LQ.org archive page and found this question I had posted in all my innocence. :P

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=231688

Check the date of the post. ;)

4 comment(s)

  1. Heh and it got hijacked too from another newbie ;)

    Comment by drew (visitor) on Tue, Oct 17, 2006 @ 22:26 IST #
  2. Oh... so therein lies the origins of the whole concept of literaryforums! It was an interesting thread! :)

    Comment by Sudipta Chatterjee (visitor) on Wed, Oct 18, 2006 @ 03:28 IST #
  3. I noticed the hijack too. But by that time the thread was fairly done. ;)Sudipta, yes, that was about the time I was exploring the whole concept of online forums, being new to them.

    Comment by hari (blog owner) on Wed, Oct 18, 2006 @ 08:05 IST #
  4. I think that for any LQ or other forum member, the earlier posts are always the most cringeworthy :)

    Comment by ray (visitor) on Thu, Oct 19, 2006 @ 00:20 IST #

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