--On 25 April 2006 05:59:16 -0700 Marc Perkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Christian Schmidt wrote: >> Hello Ian, >> >> Ian Eiloart, 24.04.2006 (d.m.y): >> >> >>> I think RTFM is offensive even with references. Mainly because the 'F' >>> doesn't stand for "fine". <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTFM>. If you >>> want RTFM to unambiguously mean "Read the fine manual", then you have >>> to type it out. >>> >> >> Or use RTM. >> >> >> > It's not the F part of the RTFM that's offensive. It is offensive. Maybe not to you, but certainly to many. > It's offensive when > you're trying to ask a question and someone clutters the list with > messages referencing the manual without providing any information that > leads the questioner to the solution. If someone asks a question and > someone else responds RTM or RTFM then that doesn't solve the problem. > Such responses are 100% nonproductive. That's also offensive. It is possible for two distinct assertions to be true at the same time, you know. -- Ian Eiloart IT Services, University of Sussex -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
