[wellylug] Just discovered server is not serving up pages

[John Durham]

On 19/01/2011 10:15 a.m., Don Gould wrote:
> On 19/01/2011 9:54 a.m., John Durham wrote:
>> Just took my first look at geek zone. No preconceptions yet.
>> If you think this is a better place, I am willing to try it.
>
> Good.
>
> The .au forum may be much better for your level of understanding than
> the .nz one.
My level of understanding improved with time and contact with patient, 
knowledgeable people.
You are correct that my problem here is inexperience, but I'm learning.
> Personally I've found users at your level tend to get mocked in the .nz
> forum by fellow kiwis.
Most people learn that when introduced to primary school (I did).
> http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=95&topicid=74508 <-- this
> is my current favourite. Some people thought the user was just a troll,
> so simply choose to mock the poster, who just didn't bother coming back.
What a blessing to have a congenial, helpful list to work with!
> Where as in the .au forum they have a much greater population of people
> at your level and take you much more at face value.
I expect my 'level' to improve upon exposure to good quality information 
from a skilled teacher (distinct from geek talk).
> The population advantage also means that there's more likely to be
> someone there who has recently had the same problem you're having and
> will point you discussion they had, which is a very useful way to get a
> good over view of the problem.
>
> D
Some of you might have similar feelings from reading my novel.
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