Mike Breuer wrote: > the code just as much as I enjoy hacking around in the MUD. I can imagine the > frustration of those who would love to change some behavior in their world, > but can't because of lack of skill/training/understanding. We are all at > different skill levels, and I would not criticize someone because his question > shows he is well below what is required for his proposed change. I can understand people asking questions because of a lack of skill/training/understanding. Its the ones where they are just flat too damned lazy to even attempt to find a solution for themselves that irritate me. For a perfect example, a couple of weeks ago, someone was asking for a version of the prompt patch for bpl18 because the one on the ftp site was for somewhere around patch13. Did this guy even bother opening up the patch, compare what it does to what his code looks like and attempt to make the changes (after making a backup of comm.c of course ;) before he comes whining to the list wanting someone to do it for him? Of course not. These are the people that should be roasted on a spit over a roaring fire. I have no problem with questions, as long as you make SOME effort towards figuring it out yourself before you come and ask it. And that has nothing to do with skill, or lack there of, but just pure laziness. Do these mega bundles contribute to laziness? Yes, or at least a little bit. If you download a copy of circle30bpl18.tgz, you expect it to work as soon as you compile it. A lot of people have that same expectation of these bundles and that isn't always the case. If they were patching these utilities in themselves, they wouldn't have the same expectation of it magically working out of the box. But, thats really neither here nor there, some people are just too lazy and can't be bothered to help themselves when they think when there is someone else out there to do it for them. Neal -- +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | FAQ: http://qsilver.queensu.ca/~fletchra/Circle/list-faq.html | | Archives: http://post.queensu.ca/listserv/wwwarch/circle.html | +---------------------------------------------------------------+
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