sharke


There's a manual? 

Are you kidding? What do you think I read from cover to cover every night before bed? 

I prefer to WTFV
 
 
Or more accurately, WFBB'sFV
 
 

I miss Papa2005. He was a laugh a decade.

It's not all in the manual anyway. If you're going to refer to the manual, tell them what page.

'Wheech one of you iz man with beard?'

jamesg1213


I miss Papa2005. He was a laugh a decade.

 
Hah!!
 
 
I missed him when he was still Papa2004
 
 
 

You gotta love Papa2004/5. I accused him of being drunk once to which he became severely offended.

Reading text can be a bit awkward sometimes and it is difficult to understand exactly what people mean, as in their manner and tone of delivery.

As for RTFM! I always though it was offensive to say that because lots of people use the forum to educate themselves through interaction instead of reading in solitary confinement.

I remember CJ as someone who responded to one of my first posts as a newbie with RTFM. Found it a bit isolating that some people thought his utterly patronising manner to be useful and friendly. Still, I think the forums are better without the CJ's and the Papas : ) 

Why some people can't just use a little empathy and go along with a thread topic is beyond me. It seems that some want to belittle others with their alternative perspectives instead of passing a thread by if they cant be of any positive and constructive use.

Cheers

Rodney

FastBikerBoy

sharke


There's a manual? 

Are you kidding? What do you think I read from cover to cover every night before bed? 

Don't even want to hazard a guess 

Rodar6
 

Why some people can't just use a little empathy and go along with a thread topic is beyond me. It seems that some want to belittle others with their alternative perspectives instead of passing a thread by if they cant be of any positive and constructive use.

Cheers

Rodney

There are so many variables. 
-There are newbs who really don't understand  that starting a DAW hobby for the first 2-3 weeks its wisest to concentrate on reading the manual, with the F or without it. They think that being spoonfed is the normal way. And without the slightest exaggeration, this has become almost the habit with the youngsters who are used to finding everything in the net. 


- There are "dinosaurs" to whom things are so obvious, that they often misunderstand the whole question, because they expect it to be "the same old one".


- There are eager manual readers, who twist things far more complicated than what they actually are, and refuse to believe the solution is simple.


- Asking and answering the questions there are non-native english speakers (or native ones to whom verbal expression isn't easy)  who can lead the conversation to unimaginary paths being plainly, sincerely helpful.


- There are overly helpful forumites, who give a thorough answer to even the most basic questions instead of pushing the request maker to help himself, thus feeding the will to be spoonfed.

- And everything between those


Of course, it would be good to just stay away from the forum for a few weeks or months if you feel you're losing your patience, but that isn't easy to do, either.

I always wonder that if the answers are all to be found in the manuals, then why do we have these forums in the first place?



Apart from Bapsi to become famously unfunny.