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- From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
- Subject: Re: About the 'F' in RTFM
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.162339.11697@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
- References: <1992Jul17.202448.19848@wyvern.tw> <1992Jul23.155203.11430@newshost.lanl.gov> <1992Jul26.190928.20817@mksol.dseg.ti.com> <4160@news.duke.edu>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 16:23:39 GMT
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- In <4160@news.duke.edu> bigham@acpub.duke.edu (Scott Bigham) writes:
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- >From the Holy Book of <1992Jul26.190928.20817@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- > as spake by mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) :
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- >>In <1992Jul23.155203.11430@newshost.lanl.gov> jlg@cochiti.lanl.gov (Jim Giles) writes:
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- >>>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.
-
- >Yeah, if they're sheep. My usual response at this point is, "Yes, I
- >read that, and it doesn't answer my question. I also read the next
- >three manuals on your shelf and they don't answer my question either.
- >If they did, I wouldn't be here asking you, now would I?"
-
- Yes, but people who have questions which actually AREN'T in the
- manuals generally don't get RTFM as a response in the first place.
- RTFM *ASSUMES* that the answer is in there, Scott.
-
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