Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="frank kayser" data-source="post: 82594" data-attributes="member: 28">Re: Why? Is RTFM a secret?Manuals written in ENGLISH, something no longer taught in schools. (sarc)Indeed, many manuals are terrible, either translated poorly, poorly conceived, poorly proofed, or other problems.&nbsp; Having an engineer write it does not work well - seems the brighter and more innovative the engineer, the less well developed the in interpersonal language skills.&nbsp; Then there is the butchery that the &quot;tech writer&quot; and/or &quot;editor&quot;&nbsp; performs at the last minute before the manual goes out - spell checkers are wonderful, eh? All that said, there is information to be gleaned - but requires effort.&nbsp; Rob&#039;s original post was that folks are not even trying to read the manual, and try to match it up to the equipment - NO EFFORT AT ALL, including reading previous posts here and elsewhere.&nbsp;&nbsp; NO EFFORT AT ALL Plus the device manual is and should not be mistaken for, or a substitute for some basic level of understanding.&nbsp; The &quot;last time&quot; that happened, it resulted in the Yamaha &quot;bible&quot;.&nbsp; Every manual cannot be expected to be the quality and content of that book.&nbsp; Say you don&#039;t own Yamaha?&nbsp; Read it anyway.&nbsp; It is not at all about Yamaha.Not a single person on this (and some other)boards&nbsp; have any problem helping someone who is at least minimally prepared - on the contrary, the information from these folks compiled in a book would be priceless.Yes, I&#039;m guilty of asking more than one &quot;d&quot;oh!&quot; questions, but the response has always been gracious.At least read enough to discover that you have to use your real name before asking a question.frank</blockquote>

[QUOTE="frank kayser, post: 82594, member: 28"] Re: Why? Is RTFM a secret? Manuals written in ENGLISH, something no longer taught in schools. (sarc) Indeed, many manuals are terrible, either translated poorly, poorly conceived, poorly proofed, or other problems. Having an engineer write it does not work well - seems the brighter and more innovative the engineer, the less well developed the in interpersonal language skills. Then there is the butchery that the "tech writer" and/or "editor" performs at the last minute before the manual goes out - spell checkers are wonderful, eh? All that said, there is information to be gleaned - but requires effort. Rob's original post was that folks are not even trying to read the manual, and try to match it up to the equipment - NO EFFORT AT ALL, including reading previous posts here and elsewhere. NO EFFORT AT ALL Plus the device manual is and should not be mistaken for, or a substitute for some basic level of understanding. The "last time" that happened, it resulted in the Yamaha "bible". Every manual cannot be expected to be the quality and content of that book. Say you don't own Yamaha? Read it anyway. It is not at all about Yamaha. Not a single person on this (and some other)boards have any problem helping someone who is at least minimally prepared - on the contrary, the information from these folks compiled in a book would be priceless. Yes, I'm guilty of asking more than one "d"oh!" questions, but the response has always been gracious. At least read enough to discover that you have to use your real name before asking a question. frank [/QUOTE]

Verification