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Karl
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From: Phoenix
Insane since: Jul 2001

posted posted 06-20-2002 16:53

Does anybody know what RTFM means? I see it a lot in NG's.

Karl

tomeaglescz
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Czech Republic via Bristol UK
Insane since: Feb 2002

posted posted 06-20-2002 16:54

Read The F...g Manual

Usually aimed at lame ass questions....

GRUMBLE
Paranoid (IV) Mad Scientist

From: Omicron Persei 8
Insane since: Oct 2000

posted posted 06-20-2002 16:57

where F...g would mean Fucking.

Karl
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From: Phoenix
Insane since: Jul 2001

posted posted 06-20-2002 17:07

That is what I thought : (
There is a BFA in another NG that I post at, this is basically his signature line.

Karl

Jestah
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: Long Island, NY
Insane since: Jun 2000

posted posted 06-20-2002 17:21

It's not entirely bad advice. You'll also probably find it fairly often in our own Photoshop section lately. A lot of the questions people ask can be found be skimming the index of the manual. It takes a minute tops to search through an entire index, if that long, while it could take days to get a reply in a forum.

-Jestah
Cell 277

DL-44
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: under the bed
Insane since: Feb 2000

posted posted 06-20-2002 18:44

It's actually quite good advice. There are thousands of questions that get asked here that could quickly and easily be answered by consulting either the Manual or the included Help files (so those of you who've "lost" your manuals have no excuse either...).

It's unfair to the people who've worked hard and read the provided documentation and experimented when hoards of lazy people bombard them with questions they could answer themselves.

So, always RTFM

me~
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From: Detroit, MI
Insane since: Jun 2002

posted posted 06-20-2002 19:28

I always thought RTFM meant - Rolling on The Floor Maasticating

Petskull
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: 127 Halcyon Road, Marenia, Atlantis
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted posted 06-20-2002 19:31

what are NG's?

*goes to fetch da manual*

heh... I think a lot of us have *lost* our manuals...heh


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Jestah
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: Long Island, NY
Insane since: Jun 2000

posted posted 06-20-2002 19:36

I think he means Newsgroups.



-Jestah
Cell 277

abb
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From: Victoria, BC
Insane since: Mar 2002

posted posted 06-20-2002 19:43

Wuts a BFA?


(forgive my ignorance?)


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Petskull
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: 127 Halcyon Road, Marenia, Atlantis
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted posted 06-20-2002 19:45

"Big Fucking Asshole"

BTW, abb, I like your sig... simple but very elegant...

{edit} whoa, with the new redesign of www.twistedport.com -it's time to change that profile...

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Karl
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From: Phoenix
Insane since: Jul 2001

posted posted 06-21-2002 08:03

Was waiting for someone to ask what BFA stood for : )

Manuals / My 2 cents:
Did you mean to suggest "Internet" (got google)? Manuals are fading out. I remember purchasing Microsoft Excel 5.0, I think it came with 3 different books! And I think Foxpro, when I purchased ver 2.6 (7+ years ago) came with 4 or more. Now those were some manuals. Manuals of today.... THEY SUCK! If you don't order the entire set, you end up with the "courtesy" manual, packed full of just enough information to leave you guessing (and back on the internet).
I learned ASP, HTML, PHOTOSHOP and am learning XML, and CSS all on the internet; a lot of the time spent in NG's, a lot of the time spent at google, and much wasted time trying to find anything on MSDN (all though I have to admit that it has improved).

Most of the question I ask in an NG are of the form, "Here's what I need to accomplish, here's what elements / methods / objects I think I will be using. Has anyone else done this? How did you go about doing it?".

The all time most important (and useful) aspect of an NG or forum like the ASYLUM is getting answers to questions you don't know how to ask. It be like a newbiew photoshop user jumping in here and asking "I want to design a web page with photoshop, but don't know how to get started. Is there somewhere that I enter HTML? Or am I off my rockers...".

So... shame to those who sign NG replies RTFM, and I say GAFL!
(i do admit - there are many unecessary questions... but be kind)

Karl

Petskull
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: 127 Halcyon Road, Marenia, Atlantis
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted posted 06-21-2002 11:40

'GAFL'?

god, you got to stop doing that...


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WebShaman
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: Happy Hunting Grounds...
Insane since: Mar 2001

posted posted 06-21-2002 13:48

GAFL - Get A F**king Life....

Kinda nice...I just might add it to my inventory...

DL-44
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: under the bed
Insane since: Feb 2000

posted posted 06-21-2002 16:44

Well, excel and Photoshop have absolutely nothing to do with each other, so I don't see what excels manual has to do with Photoshops...

Photoshop happens to have a very good manual, and very good help files (and for the record, excel's ain't so bad either), so... RTFM.



In other words, do a little leg work yourself



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GRUMBLE
Paranoid (IV) Mad Scientist

From: Omicron Persei 8
Insane since: Oct 2000

posted posted 06-21-2002 16:48

so maybe you should GAFL after you RTFM you BFA!

Slime
Lunatic (VI) Mad Scientist

From: Massachusetts, USA
Insane since: Mar 2000

posted posted 06-21-2002 22:01

Sadly, good as adobe's help files may be, the interface they provide to look at them with is pretty unuseable.

reitveld
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Kansas City, MO USA
Insane since: Sep 2001

posted posted 06-22-2002 00:59

So.... umm... I would like to make a website with PS... so where do I type in the HTML... by the way... I'm new to HTML also so I need a good wysiwyg program to draw my webpages up with... anyone have an idea of what program I can use?!?!?

counterfeitbacon
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Vancouver, WA
Insane since: Apr 2002

posted posted 06-22-2002 01:18

If you use Dreamweaver, which is a good WYSIWIG program, you don't have to type in code!


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Raptor
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: AČ, MI, USA
Insane since: Nov 2001

posted posted 06-22-2002 05:18
quote:
I'm new to HTML also so I need a good wysiwyg program to draw my webpages up with... anyone have an idea of what program I can use?!?!?


I wouldn't suggest a wysiwyg editor if you're new to HTML. Learn the HTML first, learn how to code by hand, then use a wysiwyg to boost your productivity.

If you really feel the need to go out and get a wysiwyg editor, do yourself a favor, and get a free one (aka NOT dreamweaver - that's what, $300 nowadays?) Get 1st Page 2000.

DL-44
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: under the bed
Insane since: Feb 2000

posted posted 06-22-2002 05:25

Slime - I've heard you say similar things before, and I must say, I am very confused.

I have used the Photoshop help files a great deal, and while it may not be the best possible setup, it has a basic familiarity and it works. It provides the information needed in many situations, and the rest can often be gained by trial and error based on the info gained.





Slime
Lunatic (VI) Mad Scientist

From: Massachusetts, USA
Insane since: Mar 2000

posted posted 06-22-2002 06:56

Hmm, OK, well, I'll fire it up here and see what annoys me... =)

*grumbles that the help files aren't directly inside the programs menu, and launches photoshop...*

For one thing, when I went to help->contents, it replaced this very window that I'm typing in with the help files. Quite annoying. Should have opened a new window.

OK, as I remember, there isn't *much* annoying about the contents, they are easy enough to navigate. The index and search sections are the annoying parts.

In the index, why can't I type in a word and have it look it up for me? Quite annoying. I have to click on the letter I want and then scroll through the list to see if my word is there.

And the list isn't indented! When there are subtopics (for instance, "about" and "embedding" are subtopics of "Watermarks"), they are at the same indentation level. So while I'm skimming the list, I have to deal with words that don't even begin with the letter I started with, making it very difficult to find a word alphabetically.

It would be nice if the words themselves were links, instead of having tiny numbers after them to click on.

Plus, occasionally the topic names are longer than the frame provided to view them in, and since whoever made this decided for me that I would never want to resize the frames, I have no choice but to use the little scroll bar at the bottom.

When I search for the word "layers", for some reason, I get a javascript error. Not sure what's wrong there. The search area also greatly suffers from the horizontal scrollbar that I mentioned. I want this viewing area bigger, darnit! Why don't they let me make it bigger?

Alright, I guess that's about it. It just makes me so mad, having to deal with these interface design flaws that would be so easily fixed. Especially when there's a help-file viewer thing built right into windows that so many other programs use. (I understand that they want to make it portable, but I know that POV-Ray, which can be run on many operating systems, uses it, so it's probably not out of the question.)

I also believe that some other Adobe programs have a java applet for the search feature, which is even harder to use. Since they wrote their own little search things, I am unable to use the more powerful features that microsoft's help viewer's search feature and other search programs for various things offer.

Karl
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From: Phoenix
Insane since: Jul 2001

posted posted 06-22-2002 19:18

IFYP

DL-44
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: under the bed
Insane since: Feb 2000

posted posted 06-22-2002 21:16

Ok, well the next big question for me is - what version are you using??

I have very few of the problems that you mention there, so I am even more confused!

For the record, I use version 5.0 still....



abb
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From: Victoria, BC
Insane since: Mar 2002

posted posted 06-22-2002 23:25

GAH! too many acronyms!! what does IFYP mean?
*ignorance rears its ugly head again*


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Steve
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: Boston, MA, USA
Insane since: Apr 2000

posted posted 06-23-2002 02:13

Ahhh abb, I'm with you bay-bee.
I mean...

I
Feel
Your
Pain

Slime
Lunatic (VI) Mad Scientist

From: Massachusetts, USA
Insane since: Mar 2000

posted posted 06-23-2002 06:26

I'm using 6.0.1. I wouldn't be surprised if they had changed it significantly since version 5 =)

Wolfen
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Minnesota
Insane since: Jan 2001

posted posted 06-23-2002 08:27

I would recommend BBEdit for early HTML practice. Cheap and you can view your work in a browser and it is hand code only.



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Petskull
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: 127 Halcyon Road, Marenia, Atlantis
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted posted 06-23-2002 17:14

how about I've No Fucking Clue...
Haven't heard of it? tht's cause I just made it up...ya know why? 'cause INFC...

I think I'll use that a lot from now on..


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reitsma
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: the bigger bedroom
Insane since: Oct 2000

posted posted 06-24-2002 01:32

how about IBSOTEUATWMTCTIESILT:

I'm Bloody Sick Of These Exclusivist Useless Acronyms That Waste More Time Comprehending Than Is Ever Saved In Lessened Typing.


____________
reitsma

Skaarjj
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: :morF
Insane since: May 2000

posted posted 06-24-2002 01:54

NFI.

GGF is not a particularly wide used one

Koan 63, written on the wall of cell number 250:
Those who Believe
Can
Those who Try
Do
Those who Love
Live

InSiDeR
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: Oblivion
Insane since: Sep 2001

posted posted 06-24-2002 04:11

roflmao reitsma

reitveld
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Kansas City, MO USA
Insane since: Sep 2001

posted posted 06-24-2002 06:55

ummm... counterfeitbacon & Raptor... I was joking.

Raptor
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: AČ, MI, USA
Insane since: Nov 2001

posted posted 06-24-2002 08:14

you forgot your smiley

DL-44
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: under the bed
Insane since: Feb 2000

posted posted 06-24-2002 18:04

Yeah...but he was almost quoting a portion of karl's previous post...so anyone who read the whole thread would have presumably noticed the peculiar similarity....





reitveld
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Kansas City, MO USA
Insane since: Sep 2001

posted posted 06-24-2002 19:20

sarcasm on the web is sometimes hard to notice. but thanmks for posting an answer.

counterfeitbacon
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Vancouver, WA
Insane since: Apr 2002

posted posted 06-24-2002 19:45

Ya, I know what you mean, I'm used to communicating sarcasm in voice tones, but some people have other ways...Thats a problem....

CPrompt
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: there...no..there.....
Insane since: May 2001

posted posted 06-24-2002 19:54

Well, just wanted to add this:

I used to do music typesetting in a program called Finale. Then RTFM would be "Read The Finale Manual" we had to tone it down a little on those newsgroups back then.

OK, that's all

Later,
C:\


~Binary is best~

Jestah
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: Long Island, NY
Insane since: Jun 2000

posted posted 06-25-2002 01:00

Let me get this straight Karl, you ask for help and when help is given thats not particularly a point and click answer, such as a point in the direction of where you can go to learn it yourself, you respond with get a life because they have better things to do then write a tutorial for you? Whats the point in asking a question if your not willing to attempt the response?




-Jestah
Cell 277

[This message has been edited by Jestah (edited 06-25-2002).]

Slime
Lunatic (VI) Mad Scientist

From: Massachusetts, USA
Insane since: Mar 2000

posted posted 06-25-2002 01:46

I think Karl was just pointing out that responding with RTFM to a "newbie"s question is a rude way of telling them that their question is really basic.

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