Reindl Harald wrote:
Am 31.03.2013 05:47, schrieb Richard Vickery:
> On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 8:13 PM, Joe Zeff <joe(a)zeff.us
<mailto:joe@zeff.us>> wrote:
>
> On 03/30/2013 08:09 PM, Richard Vickery wrote:
>
> In my world, those of political science and law, research is done in
> books or online reports where we know what to look for, and we have a
> pretty good knowledge of what the cases are that we're making; plus, we
> have librarians ready and willing to help find information. Excuse my
> ignorance, but I neither knew, nor heard anyone suggest, that I had to
> go grab information and insight from some webpage, the existence of
> which most contributors, at least in my place, are clueless of.
>
> So what you're saying is, it never would have occurred to you to go to the
distro's website and see what the
> people putting it out have to say about it, before using it?
>
> How would I know to look for something that I would not be sure I had an interest in,
let alone know exists?
sorry but this sounds very idiotic
Agreed.
I felt as though I had supplied a clue with my initial answer, to which I got no
followup. It certainly took less effort than 30+ followups about what he could
have done. Since the OP didn't reply I assume he has solved the problem or lost
interest.
There are reasons for running old versions, but but only a few of us have a good
one. I stopped caring after not getting a response, and follow this thread now
for amusement, watching sensible people not only beat a dead horse, but drag the
carcass through the streets.
--
Bill Davidsen <davidsen(a)tmr.com>
"We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot