watching the kids play

Watching traffic in #samba, the Samba discussion/help channel, is kinda funny. Part of the time it's like what I imagine the mailing list bozos list might have been like, with people running in, yelling newbie questions, and then getting upset when noone replies. Part of the time it's like watching a tutorial class, where someone patiently guides the newbie through the process - usually this happens when the newbie is showing signs of having read the docs. And sometimes the newbies help each other, sort of like a bunch of kids in a playground slowly discovering the world around them.