RE: [ccp4bb]: Amore error message

["David J. Schuller" <djs63@cornell.edu>]

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On Wed, 19 Dec 2001, Soisson, Stephen Michael wrote:

> Given what the "F" in RTFM stands for, I doubt that I am alone in thinking
> that the phrase is a universally offensive thing to say to someone who poses
> an innocent question.  Not that I disagree with you in principle here, but
> might I propose that we all find a "kinder, gentler" way of referring one to
> the manual?

>> Well, I am again tempted to remind the famous hierarchy of approaches  to 
>> problems. The undisputed nr.1 choice was unanimously proposed to be  RTFM.

frequently the 'F' goes untranslated, so you could fill in your own 
F-word.  I once saw the movie "Repo Man" on a local cable TV channel, and 
they altered the sound track so that every occurence of the F-word was 
filled in as "flip".  it was quite bizarre.

as an aside, where does 'innocence' end and 'negligence' begin?

cheers,

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                        David J. Schuller
                        modern man in a post-modern world
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