[clue-tech] Driver Disk?

[Collins Richey]

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On 8/7/05, William <wlist-clue at kimballstuff.com> wrote:
> It seems that you didn't understand my question.  I'll try to be more
> clear (as I hope the answers will be).
> 
> Some of your answers look like a Catch-22.  If this is
> not the case, then please share the procedure.
> 
> I am trying to get an
> answer and take it back to everyone else who is waiting and frustrated.
> 
> == == == == ==
> The following is a rant to address a problem that disturbs me every time
> I see it, but one that I generally stay quiet about.  Please disregard
> it if you're not interested in the greater benefit of the broader Linux
> Community.

I have to agree with your rant 100%. I almost replied when I saw the
answers, but I really didn't have anything to contribute to the actual
question.

Yes, we as a local group should/could do better than these irritating responses!

I, for one, have no problem with spoon feeding answers if I know them.
A lot of my knowledge over the years has been gained by asking dumb
questions until I get a response.

The responses you got (except for the potentially helpful pointer to
FC4) were the typical but weak go-away-and-rtfm answers I would expect
from Debian users (one of the reasons I avoid that group). I hope we
as a local group and Linux in general can do better than that.

Good luck with your search, and please share the results with us.

Just a little perspective. One of the user groups that I've subscribed
to for many years is linux-users (originally caldera users only). Back
in the early days, the type of irritating responses you got were
pretty typical, and newbie roastings were a favorite game, but the
group has matured with the years and now you get decent answers to
this type of question. Go we and do likewise.

-- 
Collins Richey
      Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code ... If you write 
      the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not 
      smart enough to debug it.
             -Brian Kernighan
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