Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS In directory mail:/var/tmp.root/cvs-serv7211 Modified Files: documentation.html Log Message: some nice words from Chris Philips Index: documentation.html =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/documentation.html,v retrieving revision 1.254 retrieving revision 1.255 diff -u -r1.254 -r1.255 --- documentation.html 9 Jun 2002 15:21:57 -0000 1.254 +++ documentation.html 9 Jun 2002 16:36:51 -0000 1.255 @@ -286,7 +286,19 @@ <P>The main rule of this documentation: if it's not documented, it <U>does not exist</U>. If I don't say you encode audio from TV tuner, you can't. A healthy quantity of combining ability is welcomed, though. - Good luck. You'll need it :)</P> + Good luck. You'll need it :) And for another good advice, let me quote + Chris Phillips from the <B>mplayer-users</B> mailing list:</P> + +<P><I>"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></P> <P><B><A NAME=1>1. Introduction</A></B></P>