Re: Help with ICEauthority file??!!?

From: Jeffrey Silverman (jeffrey_at_jhu.edu)
Date: 05/06/03 

Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 12:14:54 -0400

On Tue, 06 May 2003 15:51:22 +0000, davehin wrote:

> In comp.unix.admin Jeffrey Silverman <jeffrey@jhu.edu> wrote:
>> On Tue, 06 May 2003 14:46:59 +0000, davehin wrote:
>
>>> I think the best thing for you to do, and I mean this in all seriousness,
>>> is to go read and understand this article:
>>> "How to ask questions the smart way" by Eric Steven Raymond.
>>> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>>>
>>> Read and learn, before you turn everyone else off from trying to help you.
>>> It's entirely up to you, of course, how you react to this advice.
>
>> Thank you, but that is once again not what I was looking for. I know
>> netiquette and newsgroup niceties just fine, thanks. I am merely getting
>> frustrated and that is coming out in my posts.
>
> Perhaps you should go reread the section "on not reacting like a loser",
> as it seems to not have worked last time.
>
>> I post reasonably regularly in search of answers to questions. I am often
>> successful.
>
> And yet, you stomp your little feet and "Sheesh." at the very people who
> you are demanding answers from.
>
>> What is the ~/.ICEauthority file for? Why am I finding it chowned to
>> root:root lately? (this has happened more than once) AND does it matter if
>> I just delete the damn thin? (it seems to be recreated automatically).
>
> When I put the words:
> ICEauthority chown
> ...into google, I see a ton of information which answers your questions.
> Tells you what it's for, describes the symptoms you're complaining
> about, and at least one of them describes a fix.
>
> Now, go read that article, for comprehension this time.

You are retarded. But I mean that in a nice way.

Now, before you "plonk" me, ask yourself: Did you actually look at the
pages that come up with googling on "iceauthority chown"????

Here is my analysis of that search, drawn directly from the google results:
Number of resulting pages: ~93
Number of "relevant results" (omitting "similar pages"): 33
Number of pages in ENGLISH: 19
Number of pages discussing my problem at least obliquely: ~12
Number of pages which describe a solution to my problem: 0
Number of pages which describe what libICE or Xauth or ICEauth is/are/do: 0

So I could try it again on Google Groups but I already have and come up
just as short.

Thank you for your help.

-Jeff S.

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