[MPlayer-users] [OT] newbie questions

[Chris Phillips]

On Sun, 9 Jun 2002, Gabucino wrote:

> > 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.

> I'd put this into my ~/.signature if it wasn't too long :)
> Hmm. I'll put it into the "0." section in docs if you don't mind ofcoz.

i'd be honoured :)

chris