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- From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
- Subject: Re: About the 'F' in RTFM
- Message-ID: <1992Jul26.190928.20817@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
- References: <1992Jul17.202448.19848@wyvern.tw> <1992Jul23.155203.11430@newshost.lanl.gov>
- Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 19:09:28 GMT
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- In <1992Jul23.155203.11430@newshost.lanl.gov> jlg@cochiti.lanl.gov (Jim Giles) writes:
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- >In article <1992Jul17.202448.19848@wyvern.tw>, alpha@wyvern.twuug.com writes:
- >|>
- >|> Proposed change to 'standard' practice. 'RTFM' is now 'RTM'.
- >|> The 'F' does not relate to any known adjective for Manual.
- >|> 'Read The Manual' should suffice.
-
- >The usual interpretation of the F is an accurate description of the quality
- >of most UNIX manuals. The correct response to `RTFM' is "I *did* read it,
- >and it didn't answer the question I wanted answered."
-
- At which point, of course, you reach up, pull down the appropriate
- manual, open it up, drop it in front of them and point. They then
- say, "Oh," and walk away looking sheeplike.
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- "Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live
- in the real world." -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden
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