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| From | Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom2@eastlink.ca> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: color coding of text |
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| Message-ID | <pBlqt.19684$EM6.7126@newsfe04.iad> (permalink) |
| Organization | Public Usenet Newsgroup Access |
| Date | 2013-06-01 09:15 -0300 |
On 06/01/2013 07:01 AM, Joerg Meier wrote: > On Fri, 31 May 2013 19:17:54 -0400, don wrote: > >> BTW, telling someone to "RTFM" is abusive. > >> Period. > > Telling someone to RFTM is in absolutely no way abusive, not even a little > bit, not even jokingly. If being told to read the documentation for > something you want to use offends you, I recommend you give up on > programming and take on something less mentally challenging where you won't > be offended by reading documentation. > > Liebe Gruesse, > Joerg > Considering that it means Read The Fucking Manual, it is actually a somewhat hostile way of telling someone to read the docs. Abusive? Depends on how you the recipient feels when they've been cursed out in a professional forum. Maybe. A neutral way of telling someone to read the docs is "read the docs". Even better, do like FredK did, and provide a useful hint. AHS -- When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him. -- Jonathan Swift
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color coding of text don <thedon@here.com> - 2013-05-31 10:38 -0400
Re: color coding of text Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2013-05-31 17:00 +0200
Re: color coding of text "dstibbe@gmail.com" <dstibbe@gmail.com> - 2013-05-31 08:13 -0700
Re: color coding of text lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-05-31 16:56 +0100
Re: color coding of text Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-06-01 18:10 -0400
Re: color coding of text Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2013-05-31 09:42 -0700
Re: color coding of text FredK <fred.l.kleinschmidt@gmail.com> - 2013-05-31 11:25 -0700
Re: color coding of text Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom2@eastlink.ca> - 2013-05-31 22:19 -0300
Re: color coding of text Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2013-05-31 11:48 -0700
Re: color coding of text don <thedon@here.com> - 2013-05-31 16:34 -0400
Re: color coding of text Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2013-05-31 13:43 -0700
Re: color coding of text don <thedon@here.com> - 2013-05-31 19:17 -0400
Re: color coding of text Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2013-06-01 12:01 +0200
Re: color coding of text Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom2@eastlink.ca> - 2013-06-01 09:15 -0300
Re: color coding of text Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-06-01 18:25 -0400
Re: color coding of text Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-06-01 18:19 -0400
Re: color coding of text Rajiv Gupta <rajiv@invalid.com> - 2013-06-03 22:36 +1000
Re: color coding of text lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-06-01 09:06 +0100
Re: color coding of text Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2013-06-01 12:02 +0200
Re: color coding of text lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-06-01 12:28 +0100
Re: color coding of text Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2013-06-01 13:00 +0000
Re: color coding of text Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-06-01 18:33 -0400
Re: color coding of text Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2013-06-01 17:26 -0700
Re: color coding of text Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom2@eastlink.ca> - 2013-06-01 22:40 -0300
Re: color coding of text Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-06-01 21:52 -0400
Re: color coding of text Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2013-06-01 13:30 +0200
Re: color coding of text Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom2@eastlink.ca> - 2013-06-01 09:30 -0300
Re: color coding of text Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-06-01 18:37 -0400
Re: color coding of text lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-06-02 08:51 +0100
Re: color coding of text Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-06-02 09:47 -0400
Re: color coding of text markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2013-06-02 07:53 -0700
Re: color coding of text Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2013-06-02 17:46 +0200
Re: color coding of text Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-06-02 12:04 -0400
Re: color coding of text lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-06-01 13:40 +0100
Re: color coding of text Lars Enderin <lars.enderin@telia.com> - 2013-06-01 20:54 +0200
Re: color coding of text lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-06-01 20:04 +0100
Re: color coding of text Lars Enderin <lars.enderin@telia.com> - 2013-06-01 21:31 +0200
Re: color coding of text Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2013-06-02 19:51 +0200
Re: color coding of text Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-06-02 14:11 -0400
Re: color coding of text lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-06-02 19:30 +0100
Re: color coding of text Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-06-01 18:41 -0400
Re: color coding of text lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-06-02 09:02 +0100
Re: color coding of text Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-06-02 09:41 -0400
Re: color coding of text Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2013-06-02 17:47 +0200
Re: color coding of text lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-06-02 18:11 +0100
Re: color coding of text Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-06-02 14:09 -0400
Re: color coding of text Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2013-06-02 11:45 -0700
Re: color coding of text lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-06-02 20:07 +0100
Re: color coding of text Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2013-06-02 12:36 -0700
Re: color coding of text lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-06-02 21:24 +0100
Re: color coding of text Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2013-06-01 19:31 -0700
Re: color coding of text lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-06-02 08:57 +0100
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