Another funny....

[Christopher Chan]

On Friday, November 19, 2010 07:39 AM, Ric Moore wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-11-19 at 05:55 +0800, Christopher Chan wrote:
>> On Friday, November 19, 2010 02:11 AM, ms wrote:
>>> On 18/11/10 07:47, Basil Chupin wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>    >
>>>> What you get when you "google" is equivalent to using a Usenet newsgroup
>>>> where morons mostly post moronic statements/answers.
>>>
>>> Yes, if you brainlessly follow the first link that comes up instead of
>>> searching a bit, try to understand and make up your mind.
>>>
>>> That's the difference between learning and parroting. Nothing is your
>>> friend, if you're dumb enough. :)
>>>
>>
>> Please, please, keep your real feelings and thoughts about new ones to
>> Linux OFF the list. But do feel free to express these about self
>> appointed experts that post rubbish.
>
> I thought he made a good point. It's good advice to a newbie, especially
> when googling for an answer. I generally read about 4 suggested URL's
> just to make sure they all agree. Checking the date of the link is also
> a good thing to do. Some are as old as a canned ham, and need to be
> updated or erased. Ric
>
>

I guess the smiley at the end of his last sentence helps but he could 
have left out that last sentence. That's all I am saying.