24 Mar
2010
24 Mar
'10
7:50 p.m.
On Wed, March 24, 2010 12:17, Tim Boyer wrote:
One of the mailing lists I'm on - forget which one - actually has a boilerplate that says 'Read this: http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html before posting'.
Good advice, IMHO...
An excellent piece that could be used in the boilerplate for most forums/lists. For someone who can sometimes come off as quite nearly barking mad, Eric has written some seminal works in the cultural literature of tech.
Of course, I wouldn't use that epithet to his face. He has two or three black belts and a fondness for sidearms.....