[ic] The Interchange-Users Owners' Club

Mon Dec 17 10:49:01 2001

I find it facinating that the same people who complain about the high 
bandwidth on this list, are the ones who are filling it up with this 
endless stream of "everyone else is stupid".

I had a look at Jim's history of posts, and it speaks volumes for Jim.  
Every once in a while, he appears to shed some light on an obscure detail 
that may or may not be accurate.  But by far, the majority of his posts 
are of the nature...  You are stupid, I am God.  RTFM  

I am fascinated by what motivates this man.  Obviously, he doesn't need 
help from this list, and he is providing precious little good useful 
information for the other readers.  If his intent is to provide 
entertainment, which appears to be his appeal to some of the readers, then 
perhaps we need a list for the rest of us that would like to get some work 
done.

I couldn't find any significant credits to his name on the net, but I did 
find several posts to other news lists where he asks some pretty lame 
questions like "I can't get chroot to work, can anybody help me?"  His 
website, which he proudly advertises in his signature line, is..  well..  
Go have a look at my 9 year olds website at www.taylorburt.com and you 
decide.

As best as I can tell, Jim's claim to fame is that he has successfully 
installed Interchange software on a Linux box.  To do that, he had to 
memorize the documentation.  Congratulations Jim!

Thank you Jim, for once again proving that the world is full of 
morons.  I saw a recent post that gave the instructions on how to 
unsubscribe from this list.  Perhaps you should go and read it.

Again, my apologies for contributing this unproductive email to this very 
busy list.

Oh...  BTW.... I figured out what IDK stands for....

I Don't Know  

Kinda fitting, I think.

On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Jim Balcom wrote:

> On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Kevin Walsh wrote:
> 
> KW>>Does this mean that, from now on, every question will be met with either
> KW>>an RTFM, or yet another repost of the entire text of the "smart way to
> KW>>ask questions" guide?
> 
> Using an RTFM or "check the mailing list archives" has at least a couple of
> benefits.
> 
> The requestor will usually stumble across some other things that were
> causing them questions, as well as variations on their own problem. The
> topic is usually covered in more depth in those sources.
> 
> And, it reduces the bandwidth on this list by avoiding having the same
> questions being asked over and over and over. Like the perennial "I just
> built my store and I can't figure out how to log into the Admin section."
> post that we seem to see about twice a month.
> 
> I am opposed to seeing just an RTFM with no clues as to where to start
> looking. I don't consider that helpful.
> 
> And, then, there is the all-time favorite: "I've asked this question 4 times
> now and no one has answered me!"
> 
> -= Jim =-
> 
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> Tagline for Monday, December 17, 2001 at 08:35 AM:
> Even in this corner of the galaxy, Captain, 2+2=4 ... Spock
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