another interesting video problem VLC won't play dvd

Chris Rees utisoft at googlemail.com
Sun Jun 1 22:38:13 UTC 2008


>> Karl Larsen wrote:

>    Please blow it out your ear Derek. I am not perfect like you but I
> get the job done.
>

<rant>
No Karl, you really don't get the job done. What you do is give people
advice after reading the subject line, and nothing else, (/root??) and
then give either misleading or wrong advice, or just tell people to
put _x_ in the terminal, or install _x_. You need to explain _why_
you're doing this, so people can learn how it all works. Seriously,
your instructions are like teaching someone to peel an orange with
co-ordinates; put knife to (x,y) and bring to (x, y-t).

Then people who try to help, or put you right, get insulted/dismissed.
How do you expect to learn anything if you cry when people say you're
wrong?

I've been watching your posts, trying to think that you're just
learning; need guidance, but you're not, not even trying. It's not
'cool' to know everything, and it's not 'uncool' to get something
wrong, unless you're telling people it's the only right thing to do.
Quit whining, and read up on stuff before you pretend to be an expert.

</rant>

Sorry to break up technical discussions.

Chris




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