Re: Don't take this personal but just take it in.
everynametaken Send a noteboard - 09/05/2010 02:19:11 AM
I don't see why it's necessary to discourage someone from solving a problem themselves, particularly when the only thing they lack (knowledge) is readily available on the internet. I further don't see why it's necessary to post nothing more than "don't do what you want to do" with no supporting information. I see people do this all the time, and I don't understand why they bother taking the time to type something. When you have nothing at all to contribute to a post, just let it be! I don't mean to single you out, but this stuff is really frustrating. Someone's having a problem and wants help. Either give it, or go away.
Actually my original post also told him he clearly didn't know what he is doing. He tried to install the partition and it didn't work. He clearly doesn't know what he is doing but I thought I might hurt his feelings so I edited that part out. Yes, maybe I should encourage him but I didn't. I've been dealing all week with people who fuck their computers up and then want someone to bails them out (primarily me) so people bumbling with their computers when they don't have the skill to was very salient to me and I probably jumped the gun and made an assumption when I shouldn't have. I'd rather have just erased my response but guess what? I can't because of the inability to do so. So, I left what I did.
Still, it isn't that bad of advice. It isn't like I called him a loser or something. If he can't figure it out and is just making it worse then he should just take it in and have someone who knows what he or she is doing fix it properly.
But wine was the great assassin of both tradition and propriety...
-Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings
-Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings
This message last edited by everynametaken on 09/05/2010 at 02:20:06 AM
Need help installing Windows 7
- 08/05/2010 12:02:08 AM
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I did this just a couple days ago on my new mac mini
- 08/05/2010 12:36:02 AM
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Re: I did this just a couple days ago on my new mac mini
- 08/05/2010 12:55:02 AM
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How many hard drive partions are you seeing after you format with bootcamp, but while you are
- 08/05/2010 01:00:28 AM
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Re: How many hard drive partions are you seeing after you format with bootcamp, but while you are
- 08/05/2010 01:04:19 AM
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Re: How many hard drive partions are you seeing after you format with bootcamp, but while you are
- 08/05/2010 01:45:59 AM
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Don't take this personal but just take it in.
- 08/05/2010 05:10:18 AM
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Re: Don't take this personal but just take it in.
- 08/05/2010 07:35:09 AM
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Re: Don't take this personal but just take it in.
- 09/05/2010 02:19:11 AM
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seriously. People, would you stitch your own wounds if you didn't know how?
- 09/05/2010 03:08:58 AM
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Don't blame Microsoft. You're the one trying to put it on a Mac. *NM*
- 08/05/2010 05:08:03 AM
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to be fair, it should be possible if everything is up to date
- 08/05/2010 07:02:49 AM
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That's not the point.
- 09/05/2010 02:22:36 AM
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I agree. He should be pissed at Mac.
- 09/05/2010 03:05:03 AM
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did you get all the boot camp updates?
- 08/05/2010 07:05:27 AM
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Hard to play tech support sight unseen, but I might know what this is about.
- 08/05/2010 07:07:49 AM
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