From: "A. Sinan Unur" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: The DJGPP Oracle Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 18:18:20 -0400 Organization: Cornell University http://www.cornell.edu Lines: 56 Sender: asu1 AT cornell DOT edu (Verified) Message-ID: <33F232AC.4631@cornell.edu> References: <33F08A36 DOT 5D679169 AT alcyone DOT com> <19970813034200 DOT XAA03388 AT ladder02 DOT news DOT aol DOT com> Reply-To: asu1 AT cornell DOT edu NNTP-Posting-Host: cu-dialup-0077.cit.cornell.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk 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 ******************************************************************* A. Sinan Unur WWWWWW |--O+O mailto:sinan DOT unur AT cornell DOT edu C ^ http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/asu1/ \ ~/ Unsolicited e-mail is _not_ welcome, and will be billed for. *******************************************************************