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silence
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: soon to be "the land down under"
Insane since: Jan 2001

posted posted 12-17-2002 23:37

While reading through the "Hacker's Jargon" dictionary, I came across these gems of wisdom, a lot of which directly apply here, IMO:

http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

kaboi
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Nairobi, Kenya
Insane since: Mar 2002

posted posted 12-17-2002 23:44

I'd seen that a while back, very informative.

STFW



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WarMage
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: Rochester, New York, USA
Insane since: May 2000

posted posted 12-18-2002 00:26

Excellent advice.

Perfect Thunder
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Milwaukee
Insane since: Oct 2001

posted posted 12-18-2002 00:30

I've had the "How Not to React Like a Loser" section bookmarked for a good few months, for the next time a critique thread goes bad.

Emperor
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist with Finglongers

From: Cell 53, East Wing
Insane since: Jul 2001

posted posted 12-18-2002 00:35

General advice for starting threads

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Petskull
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: 127 Halcyon Road, Marenia, Atlantis
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted posted 12-18-2002 05:03

http://www.ozoneasylum.com/Archives/Archive-000002/HTML/20020928-1-004767.html

yeah, I've mentioned that page a bunch of times- and I kinda condensed it here:
http://www.ozoneasylum.com/Forum3/HTML/003044.html

...another one that would help out a lot of people here is How to be a Hacker..

trust me... the artists need to read it, too... it's some good info..

...and for the programmers of the house, read the following:

The Art Of Unix Programming

I'm halfway tru it, and it great... not just for Unix coding by the way- at least read the introduction..




Code - CGI - links - DHTML - Javascript - Perl - programming - Magic - http://www.twistedport.com
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Emperor
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist with Finglongers

From: Cell 53, East Wing
Insane since: Jul 2001

posted posted 12-18-2002 12:52

And this might be of interest:

KLB

I think we've seen a few of them through the halls

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Petskull
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: 127 Halcyon Road, Marenia, Atlantis
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted posted 12-18-2002 16:43

BOFH

...these are cool...


Code - CGI - links - DHTML - Javascript - Perl - programming - Magic - http://www.twistedport.com
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Arthemis
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Milky Way
Insane since: Nov 2001

posted posted 12-18-2002 19:44

now *this* is pathetic...

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