[SGVLUG] Fw: [Re: Talk?]
Robert
mrflash818 at geophile.net
Sat May 20 16:26:40 PDT 2006
Well said!
>
> I guess I'm one of the new guys; worse, I'm not even a hacker, just a
> schoolteacher. But mere ignorance never yet kept a teacher quiet, so
> let me comment. I worked, by myself, on various personal Linux
> projects for several years. I could have saved a lot of trouble by
> getting involved with a user group early on. The value of the group
> is precisely that there are so many characters who are
> head-and-shoulders above me from whom I can get help. It would _not_
> be helpful to be gathering with other computationally challenged
> friends and pooling our ignorance.
>
> The usefulness of the group is not so much in getting complete
> explanations as in getting pointed in the right direction. I can do
> the follow-up myself. If there is anything unsettling about
> presentation that is over my head it is that I'm always taking and
> never able to give back. But what I see so far is great; I hope you
> all keep on doing what you're doing.
>
> I wouldn't go for excommunication. Much less for burning at the
> stake.
>
> John
>
--
"Knowledge is Power" -- Francis Bacon
Robert Leyva
mrflash818 at geophile.net
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