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curiosity · 06-11-2011, 10:00 AM

You know its an interesting concept having a tutorial, I learnt to drive a motor car many many years ago, during those years I developed certain skills, watching the traffic, driving in the rain etc etc - I'm sure most of you will get my drift.

My son comes of age and here it is my big chance to tutor someone how to drive.

Well guess what - I was a terrible teacher - what I thought was common sense wasn't for my son, what I felt he should know - well he didn't.

Another fault my son had was he didn't have the capacity to read my mind either - how dare he...

So cutting a long story short I gave up trying to teach a quite intelligent young man how to drive and did what I should have done in the first place - hired someone more apt and capable than I.

What may seem obvious to some is not necessarily so to others, what I know of a particular topic and subject may not be so obvious to others.

Reading a tutorial or a book on a topic that is foreign to say the least to a majority is not easy, when one doesn't have the fundamental skills to decipher what is and isn't appropriate.

Thats why we ask questions of those better equipped for answers once we have worked out that we are not capable of deducing them ourselves.

The simple thing would be not to post a reply pointing to get it yourself or work it out yourself if one is not prepared to offer an answer.

The wisest course of action is not to post anything.

I really do detest the attitude "well there it is in front of your face why can't you see the answer"...

Again I apologise for having asked a stupid question in the first place, I should have vested more days in becoming proficient in a coding language that I may only use a few more times.

I think I may just kick the next person that asks me a question and tell them to take some mind reading lessons.

I do thank the author of calibre for an excellent product and those who have helped/volunteered valuable time to make it an even better product. I have not yet seen a commercial product with even close to similar features.

In future I'll muse and try not to be a pain in the hard cover...

06-11-2011, 10:00 AM	#22
curiosity Nameless Being	You know its an interesting concept having a tutorial, I learnt to drive a motor car many many years ago, during those years I developed certain skills, watching the traffic, driving in the rain etc etc - I'm sure most of you will get my drift. My son comes of age and here it is my big chance to tutor someone how to drive. Well guess what - I was a terrible teacher - what I thought was common sense wasn't for my son, what I felt he should know - well he didn't. Another fault my son had was he didn't have the capacity to read my mind either - how dare he... So cutting a long story short I gave up trying to teach a quite intelligent young man how to drive and did what I should have done in the first place - hired someone more apt and capable than I. What may seem obvious to some is not necessarily so to others, what I know of a particular topic and subject may not be so obvious to others. Reading a tutorial or a book on a topic that is foreign to say the least to a majority is not easy, when one doesn't have the fundamental skills to decipher what is and isn't appropriate. Thats why we ask questions of those better equipped for answers once we have worked out that we are not capable of deducing them ourselves. The simple thing would be not to post a reply pointing to get it yourself or work it out yourself if one is not prepared to offer an answer. The wisest course of action is not to post anything. I really do detest the attitude "well there it is in front of your face why can't you see the answer"... Again I apologise for having asked a stupid question in the first place, I should have vested more days in becoming proficient in a coding language that I may only use a few more times. I think I may just kick the next person that asks me a question and tell them to take some mind reading lessons. I do thank the author of calibre for an excellent product and those who have helped/volunteered valuable time to make it an even better product. I have not yet seen a commercial product with even close to similar features. In future I'll muse and try not to be a pain in the hard cover...