XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: me@privacy.invalid   
      
   On Thu, 30 Oct 2025 14:19:15 -0400, Paul wrote:   
      
   > There is a gentle message there, somewhere.   
   >   
   > I got that treatment when I entered a UNIX shop.   
   > I asked the guru there, two questions the first morning.   
   > I'm not really a pest, like it wasn't the spanish inquisition,   
   > and he laid down the rules pretty quickly. He said   
   >   
   >    "buy a book, come back and see me if the book does not have the answer"   
   >   
   > and he could name one I should have as he keeps one at his desk,   
   > and this was sage advice. You read the available documentation   
   > to some extent, so that the "easy" questions are handled without   
   > wasting guru time. And rather than feeling shunned, the   
   > recommendation was not done in a nasty style, and no insult   
   > taken. It was good advice. But finding an entire book on Bourne   
   > Shell back in the day, one item was out of print, and I had to   
   > settle for a book which devoted one chapter to Bourne shell.   
   > The successor to Bourne, is Bash which stands for Bourne Again Shell.   
   8< snip >8   
      
   That's a nice anecdote, but the world has changed somehow. That guru is   
   now a keyboard warrior. However, there are still people offering real   
   help. Also, the community has made many online manuals and (lucky for   
   me) YT videos.   
      
   I usually try to search first, but when you're at the source it's   
   tempting to ask the (seemingly) easy questions.   
      
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