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From: XRJJM%SCINT.SPAN@STAR.STANFORD.EDU (John McMahon,
      STX/COBE (x4333))
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: How about cutting some slack...
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Date: 26 May 88 15:42:38 GMT
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***> ... RTFM (in this case, Read The F***ing ...

RTFM gets thrown around alot on this list.  True, more than a few mail messages
sent to Info-Vax can be solved by searching the manuals (Read/New Anyone ?).
But not everyone has access to a full set of manuals, or can figure out what
book to look in. 

And how about those wonderful error messages folks ?  I have had an easier time
trying to translate Russian while only knowing half the alphabet. 

Anywho, how about we tone down this RTFM craze ?  Not all of us are Vax Gurus
(Or Demi-Gurus in my case), and those folks need a little extra help sometimes.
So just answer the question, and cool it with the RTFM comments. 

(Direct Flames Only --- Info-Vax has better things to read)

John McMahon
xrjjm%scint.span@vlsi.jpl.nasa.gov