MessiahAndrw wrote:
Combuster wrote:
My main problem with that kind of question is that it can't be answered by a quick google, let alone being directly mentioned on the wiki. And that there is no absolute answer.
I was trying to think of a question that couldn't be answered by a quick google (or worded in a way that googling it would deem impossible), so you would require some fairly basic OS theory knowledge before one could start posting here.
The consequence of that is that no newcomers to the scene can join. And I don't think that is what we want.
Asking something that's on the wiki (something like a FAQ question) eliminates all bots, as well as most n00bs that wont ever be bothered to do some research, but allow the people that are willing to invest some time of their own (and thus are worthy of getting answers here)
Just don't fall for the generalisation that noobs (they who don't know) and newbies (they who don't know
yet) are the same people.