Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!timbuk!cs.umn.edu!aslakson
From: aslakson@cs.umn.edu (Brian Aslakson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Basic questions posted to the net.
Message-ID: <1990Nov14.015216.4703@cs.umn.edu>
Date: 14 Nov 90 01:52:16 GMT
References: <2715@ux.acs.umn.edu>
Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, CSci dept.
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clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu (Chaz Larson) writes:
>Often in comp.sys.mac.*, I have seen questions asked that are of an extremely
>basic nature; things that can be found in the manuals of the products without
>a great deal of trouble.
>How do all of you interpret these types of questions?

For two years after first seeing/touching/using[1] Macs, I had never seen a
manual and didn't realize that a manual even existed!

I think that operator headspace[2] accounts for a bunch of the questions on the
groups, and manuals that suck (like MicroSoft's) account for some more.  I'd
guess that people who have bootlegged copies don't account for very many
questions.

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1.  IS IT JUST ME OR IS IT GETTING HOT IN HERE?
2.  Cluelessness, having a bad day, overlooking the obvious.

-- 
Brian Aslakson

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