[MPlayer-users] RTFM?

[Fons van der Beek]

Every time when i see RTFM, I smile a little
and think "I don't need a manual for That"
See please do not remove it

And relaxe, stop flaming about this
there are a lot more intresting subjects!

Kind regards
Fons


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <blorton at giantstudios.com>
To: "MPlayer user's list." <mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu>
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 17:52 PM
Subject: Re: [MPlayer-users] RTFM?


> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
>
> >>As for the RTFM lines - I would strongly oppose removing them, even if
they
> >>aren't that effective - who knows how many _stupid_ questions they in
fact
> >>help to eliminate :)
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Isn't that a bit like saying, "I know it's not helping, but at least
> >we're doing something!"?
> >
>
> Actually it does have an affect.  I had a movie that wouldn't play
> properly and joined the list to post a message about it.  When I saw all
> of the RTFM messages it was a little intimidating so I RTFM, upgraded my
> mplayer to a later rpm build and my movie playing problem magically
> vanished.  I do think it can be toned-down a bit though.  The "Automatic
> answer" part of the message is unnecessarily elitist.  No matter what
> you post, "Automatic answer: you are an idiot."
>
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