Grrr.... argh.

[hummingwolf]

When a person asks questions in a response to an e-mail which contained the answers to each of the questions being asked, is it considered grounds for justifiable homicide?

Comments

according to Ragdolli Rules

[nalidoll.livejournal.com]

yes!

[wildgarden.livejournal.com]

no. pure stupidity is not a capitol offense,but you aren't compelled to respond.

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Ah, thank you. I wondered about that.

Re: according to Ragdolli Rules

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

::sigh::

wildgarden's response is more likely the legally correct one, but I do like the sound of yours.

[azagthoth.livejournal.com]

NO, NO, NO.

Don't kill them. You'd be putting them out of their misery and doing them a favor. Never in *ANY* way help out a luser unless it is in such a way that provides you great entertainment or enjoyment[0].

What you need to do is LART (http://catb.org/esr/jargon/html/entry/LART.html) them until they learn the error of their ways[1] or until they learn to fear you to the point that they will never bother you again.

This Tech Info Message has been brought to you by your friendly[3] neighborhood Unix Systems Administrator BOFH

[0] Such as giving them just enough rope, then watching the fun.
[1] Like a luser will ever learn.
[3] And if you believe that I've got some swap land etc., etc.

--
rs

[jeweldevil.livejournal.com]

huh?

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Heh.

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Oh, I like this. Now I have to hunt down the most appropriate LART for this particular clueless being. Tactical nukes sound good.

[azagthoth.livejournal.com]

Tac nukes always work =)

[xforge.livejournal.com]

Azagthoth (boy that's hard to type) covered it - I was gonna say "welcome to the wonderful world of tech support." I do it all the time - send out emails with exactly what the (l)user asked for, with specific instructions how to use the file, and I get back all kinda questions - typed right over the top of the answers to those questions. Gyaaaaahhh!!!

(The one that really gets me is when someone asks for an image so I send them a JPEG, and they come back with "I can't open that!!" So I place the JPEG in a Word document for them and send it back, and they're happy. These are people with certificates on their walls saying they're fully trained in Microsoft Office. Pass that LART this way when you're done with it.)

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

See, there's a reason I wanted to do office training rather than tech support. I had enough trouble even then finding patience to deal with fellow students who didn't know how to double click (and these had the perfectly valid excuse of never having sat before a computer before).

Maybe if I give my sis-in-law enough warning she can get herself and the cats out of the way before I hit my brother with the tac nukes.