Was this supposed to be Netiquette 101 or what?

I'm not a newbie in IT, just MontaVista.

If you don't know the answer, then don't reply.

Always assume that posters have searched other relevant groups for the
answer.



"Geronimo W. Christ Esq" <thegreatsuprendo@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1127558676.12549.0@spandrell.news.uk.clara.ne t...
> John Edwards wrote:
> > I'm having trouble compiling/running open source Mplayer on MV CEE 3.1.
> >
> > Anyone have any tips/tricks?
>
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

John Edwards wrote:
> Was this supposed to be Netiquette 101 or what?

It's supposed to explain how to ask a question. You're having trouble
doing something, but you didn't explain what the trouble was. You asked
if anyone had any "tips or tricks", which is semantically redundant.

> If you don't know the answer, then don't reply.

If you can't ask a question properly, you will never get an answer.