[Asterisk-Users] List tips for new subscribers

[Anton Krall]

Guys.. Im new to asterisk and this list in particular but if I may (and due
to the fact that some people out there might just be saying: "you may not",
I need to add this for you: "I don’t care"), anyways, if I may add a couple
of points here:

1. I agree with the idea that there should be 2 lists, one for newbies and
people that ARE willing to help them answer their silly questions as many of
you have put them, and one list for the experts in which you can discuss
whatever you like on a more advanced level.

2. I know how the "experts" feel because Im also on some PHP lists and I'm
very proficient in PHP, kind of an "expert", but We still feel a
responsibility to let newbies learn and move into PHP if they feel like it,
ah! And don’t forget, We also share our source code for thing We have made
in the past so that newbies can learn from them and even, God forbid, make
them even better.

"Experts" feel that if they had a hard learning curve, then everybody else
should at least pay their way into these forums by having to google for at
least 3 months.... Why don’t instead of making people have to read their
asses of for 3 months, We actually help them grasp things easier so that
they can start building new things sooner and then give back something to
the comunnity faster or start helping other newbies.

My point is, guys, We are not old-school anymore, thins have changed, people
has changed, if you already know how to work your way around asterisk, and
took you long and hard days to figure out SIP, IAX, or whatever, why don’t
you use that expertise and help other people understand it better, sooner,
so that they can start doing new things with * rather than habing to
reinvent things.

Also, neither PHP users, nor *, or even C people are elite (313373), that’s
a term of the past... Quite used on the warez scenes... :)

Just my 2 cents...




-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Mike Dent
Sent: Miércoles, 23 de Febrero de 2005 05:32 p.m.
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Cc: critch at basesys.com
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] List tips for new subscribers <--sorry for 2
ndpost, missed this.

On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 13:25:55 -0600, Steven Critchfield <critch at basesys.com>
wrote:
> hehe, maybe I should go ahead and drive myself home and get away from 
> a computer for the rest of the day. If you are right, I will probably 
> end

Heheh, maybe not just a day!? :)

> up totally pissed before the day is over between the flames and the 
> morons who clog the streets I have to drive on.

Yeah, everyone but you is a moron out there?

> --
> Steven Critchfield <critch at basesys.com>
> 
Seriously though you directed me away from this list when I dared to make a
post on here which could have been interpreted as being slightly commercial.
I'd seen posts from you in the past and wondered how long it would be before
I was one of your "customers"

Anyway I took that advise and subscribed to the biz list.

Maybe there should be an Asterisk-Bitch list so those with a technical
interest in asterisk wouldn't have to wade through endless posts like this.
:)

I thought it would be fun to do a search through the list and look at some
of your posts, it seems more than 50% of them are telling people about top
posting, html, "don't ask here go google" etc etc.

Time to chill?
Mike
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