Re: [9fans] non-english keyboard?

[Dave Lukes <davel@anvil.com>]

> > I would appreciate less rude to attitude, Andrey. When
> > I ask something, it is because I have a good reason too.

Now, to be pedantic, Andrey was not "rude":
"terse", maybe "impolite", but not actually "rude".

> I admit to finding your 'ask questions first' attitude a tad irritating,

Ditto.  If we spend all our time answering questions,
we'll _never_ get the USB/hotplug/wifi/PDP11 ... support finished:-).

> but that is, quite likely, completely my fault

No ...

For example, when I was training/mentoring people,
I forced them to find as much information as possible independently.

Apart from (obviously) trying to foster a hunger for knowledge
and make them more independent,
there is also an important psychological issue:
information which is given to you is less permanently embedded in your
memory than information which takes an effort to find.
(No, I can't back this up experimentally or theoretically,
 but I'd bet money on it).

Of course, this also eventually lessens your own workload,
so you can concentrate on other things!

Cheers,
	Dave.