From: nee cee (nc@phat.co.nz)
Date: Thu Jun 17 2004 - 21:24:01 EDT
My thoughts are, that if you feel so inclined to reply to a request with just a response like "google is your friend", then it takes very little to type the search terms in google yourself and give some links or even the google results url. Some people because of many reasons (including experience/knowledge/dont know about operators such as "site:example.edu") are just better at finding stuff with google. I know that very often FAQ sections on sites often meet the same hostility "have you read the ******* FAQ's?" but perhaps this may be an answer to some of the problems even if the answers are within the archives.
Neal
Alfred Huger <ah@securityfocus.com>
18/06/2004 05:44 AM
To: pen-test@securityfocus.com
cc:
Subject: To google or not..
All,
Every now and then the topic comes up about google and people searching
before they ask. Inevitably it breaks into two camps. One that believes
that people post already having researched issues and people who believe
the posters who do this are simply lazy.
I am in the middle. On this list we have users who range from phenomenally
skilled and people who are entirely new and have to build those skills.
This is a community holding both sides of the spectrum. I personally am
fine with people occasionally posting very basic questions which could
easily be answered with some googling. It allows for people to
communicate, build relationships and generally be social. Its my
experience that the average set of social skills carried in this industry
would shame a rabid dog. A little discourse is not going to kill anybody.
That being said I still drop maybe 90% of these types of questions (and
trust me there are allot) so I think ultimately both camps are being
served.
Cheers,
-al
Alfred Huger
Symantec Corp.
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