[MPlayer-users] [OT] newbie questions

[Chris Phillips]

i said a while ago that there is such a difference between a newbie and a 
dumbass. No matter what you actaully know about a system (linux, cars, 
girls :D) you should ALWAYS be able to take a step back and be objective, 
otherwise, you're just dumb IMHO. A girl i live with assumed the vacuum 
cleaner was broken because it didn't suck things up. never thought to 
change the bag, becasue she'd never done it before... now that's just 
stupid, not a case of simply not knowing what to do... Simply not being 
that familiar with your surroundings is no excuse for a) laziness and b) 
ignorance. So many people seem to see the word "error" and then stop... 
few seem to actually read the words on the OTHER side of the colon.

chris
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> > > I've never understood these kind of people. INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR!
> > > So it's nothing with MPlayer but the compiler. I think it's very clear and
> > > I don't know why it is so hard to realize that this is not problem of mplayer
> > > but the compiler.
> > So you don't remember being a newbie with linux...?
> 
> Sure, I remember.
>  
> > Maybe you were born with the knowledge?
> 
> Of course not, but I always tried not to be clueless. I did a lot
> of RTFM first. Only when I tried out everything I knew and read
> did I go to mailing list or newsgroup and ask. Most people are too lazy
> to read and solve their problems on their own.
> 
> [...]
> > You guys on mplayer are doing a great job and making a lot of people
> > happy, but it's really a shame you keep on going like: "GO RTFM YOU
> > D*CKHEAD", or now the new RTFB (yeah sure, newbies will directly
> > understand what the B's for), common, no need to be rude to teach ppl
> > something... 
> 
> Why don't *you* try answering all these clueless newbies' question
> for a few years? Let's see how polite and understanding will you be
> _then_.
> 
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