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  15     <B>Michael D. Smith</B>
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  17        TITLE="[IRCServices] What is wrong?">msmith at acmecorp.org
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  19     <I>Sun Mar 10 22:35:01 PST 2002</I>
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  34 <PRE>Speaking from experience (having learned to run ircd and services from
  35 having *no* knowledge at all about either of them, I have to say that
  36 he's right.
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  38 Reading the manuals, readmes, and FAQs is simply no substitute to coming
  39 to a help listserv and asking questions that the documentation of the
  40 programs will be able to help you figure out.
  41
  42 It's much better to figure it out on your own, and actually learn from
  43 the process.
  44
  45 Regards,
  46 Mike
  47
  48 Chief Network Admin
  49 FleetChat IRC Network
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  51 Mark wrote:
  52
  53 &gt;<i> Au contraire; it DOES help you to RTFM. :) Not understanding forces you to
  54 </I>&gt;<i> become acquainted with the material. THAT is the learning process. When I
  55 </I>&gt;<i> first set up my own IRC server, I ran for immediately help too, and I got a
  56 </I>&gt;<i> response similar to yours, to go figure it out on my own. It felt rude at
  57 </I>&gt;<i> the time, but they were right: making the effort to delve into the issue
  58 </I>&gt;<i> makes you an overall better admin too, as it familiarizes you with various
  59 </I>&gt;<i> sources, and how to use them. Honestly, as an admin you should be able to
  60 </I>&gt;<i> find info on C/N lines; it is not higher math, nor is the info obscure or
  61 </I>&gt;<i> hard to come by. A very simple search on the net will give you everything
  62 </I>&gt;<i> you need. Not to mention the ever helpful manual, which was written for that
  63 </I>&gt;<i> precise purpose. :)
  64 </I>&gt;<i>
  65 </I>&gt;<i> - Mark
  66 </I>&gt;<i>
  67 </I>&gt;<i>         System Administrator Asarian-host.org
  68 </I>&gt;<i>
  69 </I>&gt;<i> ---
  70 </I>&gt;<i> &quot;If you were supposed to understand it,
  71 </I>&gt;<i> we wouldn't call it code.&quot; - FedEx
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