Re: Help!

[Paul E Condon <pecondon@mesanetworks.net>]

On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 06:38:18PM -0500, anoop aryal wrote:
> On Thursday 08 September 2005 06:11 pm, Bruno Buys wrote:
> > Paul E Condon wrote:
> > >On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 04:27:01PM -0400, Carl Fink wrote:
> > >>On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 10:52:50AM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote:
> > >>>For some products, Stephen's position is simply silly. Consider,
> > >>>for example, a Boeing 747. Another example is a C compiler.
> > >>>There are many more. Too many to list, and more than I could
> > >>>possible even know about. In general, the world is larger and
> > >>>more complicated than any of us know.
> > >>
> > >>It's a fine goal, even if it isn't always practical.  For an installer,
> > >> it should be not just a goal but a requirement.  (Docs should be
> > >> required only for very unusual situations.)
> > >
> > >OP had successfully installed Debian when he complained about not knowing
> > >what to do next. What he needed was some knowledge about what to do next,
> > >not about the installation. Like someone who successfully takes off in a
> > >747 and is annoyed that the thing doesn't land automatically. At least
> > >for Debian, it is not a life-threatening error. And only in a very narrow
> > >view of the world is documentation not required. Documentation, or
> > > training is not required only for those human activities that are common
> > > to all cultures. Sex, for example.
> >
> > Hey, sex does have its tricks...
> 
> sex does have documentation: kamasutra. i pity da fool who doesn't RTFM.

So it is truly silly to expect that anything so unnatural as a computer
program should have no documentation.

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Paul E Condon           
pecondon@mesanetworks.net