Prophet posted on Aug 29 2005 at 12:07 PM said:
Poobik The Hare posted on Aug 29 2005 at 11:46 AM said:
I always find it odd as to why people take the piss or ask that you read instructions when replying to a help request. like they must have been born with all the knowledge
You know the old saying - give a man a fish and he can eat for a day, teach a man how to fish and he can eat for a lifetime?
then teach the man instead of telling him to read the instructions
Prophet posted on Aug 29 2005 at 12:07 PM said:
THAT is why you tell someone to read instructions.
no, that is why you give help from experience gained
Prophet posted on Aug 29 2005 at 12:07 PM said:
And while you may find it mean, I find it more deplorable that people will download a free program but won't bother to read what the author has to say about it.
perhaps the authors instructions were not as easy to understand as
YOU may think, a helpful reply would hopefully make it easier to understand
Prophet posted on Aug 29 2005 at 12:07 PM said:
And the comment about "born with all the knowledge" simply doesn't apply. The knowledge comes WITH the emulator - in the good old readme.txt.
I read the....
1. INTRODUCTION
2. CONTROLS
3. EMULATION OPTIONS
4. INSTALLATION
and I thought, could be explained a lot easier, but those with the knowledge, would just breeze through it (you know, the likes of
YOU). others may need a simpler form of help, not a stupid
READ THE INSTRUCTIONS reply
Prophet posted on Aug 29 2005 at 12:07 PM said:
I didn't need to to born with it, neither do you or anyone else - all you have to do is just double-click readme.txt and all is revealed.
apparently we are not all born the same way
Prophet posted on Aug 29 2005 at 12:07 PM said:
Anyway, usually I'm pretty nice to people. But this is just a personal pet peeve of mine. People should read the readme's. Then if they still have trouble, at least they can say they tried.
so it would have made it alright with you if the poster had of said
HELP ME GODS, FOR I HAVE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS BUT HAVE FAILED TO FULLY COMPREHEND THE MEANING THERE IN, PRETTY PLEASE HELP. what a knob..