Sometime Today, Dinesh Joshi assembled some asciibets to say:
On Sunday 24 December 2006 04:28, Harsh Busa wrote:
stale questions running around the list. isp's, mbd, display cards,
Explain "stale questions".
I think he's alluding to questions that have already been answered several times before. It just shows that the person asking the question did not bother to do any research before asking. This is a bad habit, and a bad trend for the lug, because it means that there are people who expect others to do their work for them.
Personally, I don't like people who believe that they are doing me a favour by using linux, and think that it is now my duty to solve all their problems. They can go back to using windows for all I care, it's no loss for me.
upto 80+. most discussion lands up to driver cribs and if one can play mp3s or not.
What is wrong with someone asking about playing mp3s?
It's already been asked and answered before. There is no need to ask again. What you should be doing is searching the net, searching the archives, coming up with a solution, and then write up the solution into a complete howto (if one does not already exist) and publish that.
The last step, IMO, is the most important, and at least this list isn't completely lacking in that area.