On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:54:19 -0500, "Olin Lathrop" said:

> Specifically,
> what would your response be to #4 linked to from
> http://www.embedinc.com/temp/temp.htm?  That included RTFM in the
> response,
> but with additional information.  Note that this was also in response to
> a
> particularly well known poster with a long history of abusing the list
> with
> questions easily found in the documentation.

We admins talked about RTFM a lot. Basically there was a censensus that
many people take things at face value, so no matter what the historical
significance RTFM might have, the words themselves were not helpful.

I did follow the link you posted, and I've seen worse questions. If you
are asking about the relative power consumption of different micros, and
you didn't know much about the technology behind them, you wouldn't know
the "right" questions to ask. And really, there are lots of ways to
compare power consumption.

  What about #5?  That's
> actually a harsher message but a little more sugar coated.

You should complain to piclist-owner@mit.edu if you think a user is
wasting the piclist's time, because the reply you gave had absolutely no
information and just sets you up for further confrontation.
 
> > - Don't "push the line" (query the admins if in question)
> 
> Whatever that means.

It means that admins get to use their judgement and don't want people to
constantly test the rules.

> > - Refrain from asking stupid questions or posting frivolously (the
> > piclist does not replace google)
> 
> I agree, but your consequences are very harsh for this.  Public pressure
> will provide the appropriate feedback.  This shouldn't be a admin matter.

We really don't want users involved in policing the piclist. For every
opinion there is a differing opinion, and then the list gets filled up
with lots of chatter that has nothing to do with PICs.

Please leave admin duties to the admins. If you don't like what a user
is doing, send a complaint to piclist-owner and let us deal with it.

Best regards,

Bob

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