Dave Joyce wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-04-17 at 17:55 +1200, Jinx wrote:
>>> OTOH, I consider it one of my good points that I'm willing to
>>> ask the "simple" questions that everyone else is too embarrassed
>>> to admit they don't know the answer to...
>> Oh yeah. Guys do that a lot. "I'd rather stuff it up than ask"
> 
> I always tell my apprentices "There is no such thing as a stupid
> question". This of course needs to be taken in context with the subject
> being discussed. 
> As an experienced diesel mechanic, I would much rather someone ask me a
> question instead of making that mistake. EG: I had an apprentice change
> gearbox oil in a truck, he put the wrong grade oil in, if the truck went
> out it would have blown the gearbox costing several thousand dollars. He
> didn't ask the seemingly stupid question. I had to ask him what oil he
> put in. So in my 2 cents worth, it is infinitely better to ask a silly
> question rather than stuffing something up :) 
> 

"There are no stupid questions just inquisitive idiots" - A demotivational
post. :-)

If a nunery is for nun, what's a potpourri for? ;-)

There have been a number of times where I've worked with folks
who asked questions that made it very clear that they had no
clue of the job they were doing. This was made all too clear
when I inherited a network from such an engineer only to find
out that he didn't understand subnet masking. I spent the next
9 months rebuilding the customers network. In the interim I had
to bould routes with bubble gum and bailing wire.

As a general rule I suggest that you ask questions, even if they're
stupid questions. At least you're willing to learn and that counts
for something. But be wary of experts asking questions, some may prove
to be inquisitive idiots!

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