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From: hoofb@psueea.uucp (Bruce Hoof)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: What's that thing (really Mac philosophy)
Summary: READ MANUALS
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Date: 23 Aug 89 05:32:22 GMT
References: <SAAF.89Aug21130332@joker.optics.rochester.edu> <1446@draken.nada.kth.se> <34192@apple.Apple.COM>
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Reply-To: hoofb@jove.cs.pdx.edu (Bruce Hoof)
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Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, Portland State University; Portland OR
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In article <34192@apple.Apple.COM> bnfb@Apple.COM (Bjorn Freeman-Benson) writes:
>In article <1446@draken.nada.kth.se> d88-jwa@nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte) writes:
>>>I've just noticed a strange looking "icon" in the upper right corner
>
>>If you would have taken two minutes to Read The F*cking Manual (RTFM)
>
>Ah, so according to Jon, Macs are now like IBMs: you must read the
><rude word> manual to learn how to use it.  Come on people, this is
>the Mac, we don't read manuals.  We shouldn't have to read manuals.
                                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

	I would not agree to this at all!.  EVERYONE should read the manuals
that come with the hardware, even if it is a Microwave, Car, New TV, an IBM,
or (YES) a Macintosh.  All kinds of hardware have something strange about
it and is usually documented, if properly done.  I have no sympathy to 
those who have not read their manuals and come to me asking this or that
when the answer to their questions was right there, IN THE MANUAL.
While reading IBM manuals is a pain in the $#@%! it is not very hard to read
the manuals that come with a Macintosh, and does not take much time (they
are not beyond most people).

	Practice safe computing.

	Bruce