Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.glorb.com!news-out.readnews.com!news-xxxfer.readnews.com!news-out.news.tds.net!newsreading01.news.tds.net!86597e80!not-for-mail From: "Lew" Subject: Re: Newbie: How to find o Message-ID: X-Comment-To: comp.lang.java.gui Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.gui In-Reply-To: <485b7c39$0$26088$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk> References: <485b7c39$0$26088$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=IBM437 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gateway: time.synchro.net [Synchronet 3.15a-Win32 NewsLink 1.92] Lines: 34 Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:46:17 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 96.60.20.240 X-Complaints-To: news@tds.net X-Trace: newsreading01.news.tds.net 1303919177 96.60.20.240 (Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:46:17 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:46:17 CDT Organization: TDS.net Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.gui:3679 To: comp.lang.java.gui RedGrittyBrick wrote: > Lew wrote: >> Daniel Pitts wrote: >>> My guess is that the "Now come on" is referring to the RTFM, not the >>> link itself. Although, that is just supposition on my part, so I >>> could be wrong. >> >> My guess is that I misconstrue. I don't see the problem with reading >> the manual. I do it all the time. I reread Javadocs I've read >> before. There's no harm in it. I RTFM a lot. >> > > My guess is that the problem is the F not the R, the T or the M. > > Whilst many of us can cope with a bit of blunt Anglo-Saxon, and a few > have persuaded themselves that F stands for friendly, obviously there > are some (probably many) who feel the F conveys an excessively hostile > or aggressive tone. > > Just my -n0.02 worth. How long has "RTFM" been in the lexicon of Usenet? Surely by now the "F" is silent. Gee, whillikers, people, lighten up. Gosh. -- Lew --- * Synchronet * The Whitehouse BBS --- whitehouse.hulds.com --- check it out free usenet! --- Synchronet 3.15a-Win32 NewsLink 1.92 Time Warp of the Future BBS - telnet://time.synchro.net:24