# HG changeset patch # User gabucino # Date 1059029399 0 # Node ID 930938e00cee09d26879c911d148edcc2c6383e2 # Parent 4b68fe57639f91c161d7516d4dc64fb9b448d816 useful user advice re-added (DON'T remove.) diff -r 4b68fe57639f -r 930938e00cee DOCS/en/documentation.html --- a/DOCS/en/documentation.html Wed Jul 23 16:45:15 2003 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/en/documentation.html Thu Jul 24 06:49:59 2003 +0000 @@ -354,8 +354,23 @@ rest has probably already been asked on our mailing lists. Check the archives, there is a - lot of valuable information to be found there.

+ lot of valuable information to be found there. And for another good advice, + let me quote Chris Phillips from the + mplayer-users + mailing list:

+
+ I said a while ago that there is such a difference between a newbie and + a dumbass. No matter what you actually know about a system (linux, cars, + girls :D) you should ALWAYS be able to take a step back and be objective, + otherwise, you're just dumb IMHO. A girl i live with assumed the vacuum + cleaner was broken because it didn't suck things up. never thought to change + the bag, becasue she'd never done it before... now that's just stupid, not a + case of simply not knowing what to do... Simply not being that familiar with + your surroundings is no excuse for a) laziness and b) ignorance. So many + people seem to see the word "error" and then stop... few seem to actually + read the words on the OTHER side of the colon. +

1. Introduction