From:	"A. Sinan Unur" <asu1 AT cornell DOT edu>
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Subject:	Re: The DJGPP Oracle
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Lovecraft wrote:

> I'm a physical therapist assistant and every day I have to
> teach someone something that I've been teaching for a couple of years 
> now.

this is one of the most demeaning analogies you could up with. it is
demaining to your patients. (i think some other time you mentioned that
you have to instruct them in the use of prosthetic equipment.)
presumably, you made a _choice_ to download djgpp, start learning C etc.
in making that choice, you should have considered that there would be
many things you do not know and that you would have to expend some
effort learning those. how does that compare to someone who is seeking
treatment for some ailment? that is really mean.

nobody has ever told "get off my face". you have always received
pointers to where the information is. if you don't like plain text and
info, the documentation is available in html format, both downloadable
and in zip files. all you need to do is spend your online time looking
around at dj's web site and the ftp site, instead of posting "troll"
messages like "can't we all get along?" everyone here was newbie. i did
not complain when i was told i should look in ralph brown's interrupt
list for some info which meant downloading a 7 Mb file. i was grateful
for the info. since i have downloaded that file, i have found many more
answers than the one i was originally seeking.

granted you are the best judge of how to spend your time. i will only
suggest that (esp if it is so scarce) it is better spent learning rather
than complaining.

since this thread is extremely off-topic anyway, i thought i would share
one of my favorite proverbs.

  There are four sorts of men:
  He who knows not and knows not he knows not: he is a fool - shun him;
  He who knows not and knows he knows not: he is simple - teach him;
  He who knows and knows not he knows: he is asleep - wake him;
  He who knows and knows he knows: he is wise - follow him.

                        - Arabian proverb
                        Taken from: "Reasoning about knowledge" by
                        R. Fagin, J.Y. Halpern, Y. Moses & M.Y. Vardi
			MIT Press

incidentally, the book is a textbook for a comp sci class.
-- 
   Sinan
 
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