> May I venture, then, to say that your overall perspective is limited. > You somewhat live in a pretend world.
Yes, the one with with fairies and dwarves and horrible little trolls. > If the search in SLUG works try and search for the word RTFM and I am > not the first person to use it > in SLUG. > If I may be so bold as to make a statement. At no time has anyone declared you to be the literary genius behind the short phrase RTFM. Rather, a percentage of the posters to this esteemed list have indicated that use of the phrase in a serious rather than jesting manner is to be discouraged and its use in such a manner shown the disdain they feel it deserves. > > I am not the one swinging at you. It is the body of information on the > matter of RTFM > around us that's swinging against you and Jeff > > Please point to any objective body of hard evidence that declares that RTFM is above all subjective understanding. Look, the english language is full of words that some people like and others don't, its been like that since the first germanic speakers hit the english shores. Just because you think that RTFM is a perfectly valid response, does not make it so in the eyes of others. On this list I do not believe it is because one of the aims of this list is to attract people who are not stepped in the deep culture of the internet. These are people who have not lived years of their lives in Usenet, they do not understand Godwins law. Instead, they have a computer with this linuxy thing on it that they may need help with. Or they would like to know more about the LUG. If the first time they ask a question they get "RTFM" that is not going to be the best impression a person can get is it? As a great man once said: 'Stibbons, Jaq, Rob and Mark, ctd, our underage clerke. Bruce and Ken and Grant and Jan and, Pia, jdub: "Awesome, awesome!"' -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://k-sit.com - My Blog http://la-pod.k-sit.com - Linux Australia Update Podcast, Blog and Forums Skype: purserj1977 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
