in reply to How to give back?

I think that everyone feels uncomfortable with taking more info than they can give, and it's really uncomfortable for the first few weeks. Then you realize that there is really no way to give back as much as you take out.

This is what community is about. Those who think they give more than they get are either community leaders, or fooling themselves.

Follow the chatbox, and post where you can. Not everything is code. A lot of the draw of this site comes from its sense of community.

The path to enlightenment starts with humility, so I'm ++ your post...

P.S.-I stink at Perl, so please don't think that I am preaching this bit from some mighty place.

-OzzyOsbourne

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RE (tilly) 2: How to give back?
by tilly (Archbishop) on Sep 29, 2000 at 22:57 UTC
    If you poll the people really do give more than they give back to this community, I believe most of them would mention that that is only because they already received more than they can give back.

    It is the nature of knowledge that it is easier to learn than transmit, and far harder to generate than learn. As long as that remains true, the vast majority of those willing to learn will always have received more than we can give back.

    I certainly know that I have!

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