Another funny....

Ric Moore wayward4now at gmail.com
Thu Nov 18 17:16:45 UTC 2010


On Thu, 2010-11-18 at 18:47 +1100, Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 18/11/2010 15:11, Mark wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Mark<mhullrich at gmail.com>  wrote:
> >    
> >>      
> >>> Why don't you just change the short-cut manually to be what you want it to
> >>> be?
> >>>
> >>>        
> >> You know, if I have to do actual work to get these things the way I
> >> want them to be, to hell with 'em!  :-)
> >>
> >> Actually, I didn't even think of that, but, surprise (not), it makes
> >> sense.  Shouldn't be too hard, done it before, muttering away down the
> >> hall, scratching my head....
> >>      
> > All right, that wasn't as easy as it looked.  I had to google for the
> > answer, and the first conversation up was wrong (well, sort of - it
> > contained misleading information) but it pointed me in the right
> > direction.
> >    
> 
> Which is why I do NOT propagate the urban legend that "google is your 
> friend".
> 
> It makes a lot more sense to ask for help about a problem, and get it, 
> from either this forum or launchpad or the Ubuntu documentation.

I think that flies against conventional wisdom that those in need of
help search first, just so the list doesn't have to answer the same
problem 6 times a week. There is that... :) Ric

-- 
My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say:
"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
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