What is a newbie? (Was Re: Assistance for newbies?)

[Joe(theWordy)Philbrook]

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It would appear that on Jul 7, Geoffrey Leach did say:

> David,
> 
> Your post makes some good points, but I have to disagree with you about how
> you've characterized yourself, so I've started a new thread so as not to
> hijack the old.

Good idea. But changing the subject isn't starting a new thread. Email
software puts a Message-ID: field in the mail header lines that some
mail clients don't show you, which along with References: & In-Reply-To:
provide tracking information for threads Your Email had the line:
In-Reply-To: <40EC5875.2020406 at bardacious.com>
in the header which means that a threaded email client will still treat
it as part of the same thread. to start a new thread you really have to
start a new message without using reply. (you could use copy and paste
to include any needed quotes... though manually inserting " > " at the
beginning of all the quoted lines can be a pain)

> If anything that you try to do with Linux involves being deeply knowledgeable
> about all things networking and TCP/IP, then either you've gotten way off
> track or you're no longer a newbie.  (Sorry 'bout that!)  I've been running
> Linux for years, and I barely know what TCP/IP means.
> My question to the list is this: When is a newbie no longer a newbie?  That's
> not irrelevant, for if we were to construct a monthly posting for newbies,
> we'd need a model of the target audience.

Good question! But, depending on the newbie definition, I'd suggest the target
audience includes both newbies and other novices...

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