04-21-2006 | #25 | |
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Realize that not every computer user is as savvy as tech support, and certain things like this fly through people's heads. |
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04-21-2006 | #26 | |
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1. People do not need to be spoonfed everything. 2. People have to learn to find things themselves. 3. I already provided the file. I don't need to explain over and over how to open it. 4. I am sick of people asking. RAR files are everywhere nowadays. 5. I am tired of saying the same thing over and over. Look what I did. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...ar&btnG=Search Look at the second result. Oh wait, thats a decrompession program called winrar. And what does it say right under the link: "Windows data compression utility that focuses on the RAR and ZIP data compression formats for all Windows users." It really is simple folks. |
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04-21-2006 | #27 | |
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http://www.win-rar.com/download.html Click download. |
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04-22-2006 | #28 |
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Part of the problem is that it seems every time someone posts a RAR file here, someone comes along and asks "What do I do with this file?!"
Trust me, I work in technical support. You hear the same question about a dozen times and you get sick of it. They were smart enough to: a) Get an e-mail address b) Sign up for the forum so they can download the file c) Actually download the file So it really shouldn't be a stretch to ask them to Google "RAR", see a program that says it opens RAR files, and install it. But instead, they'll sit here and ask "Well what do I do now? And what do I pick on this screen? And how do I do this?" Give a man a fish and he's fed for a day. Teach a man to fish and he's fed for a lifetime. |
04-22-2006 | #29 |
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Sutibaru is right, no one ever learns anything if they're spoonfed. It's a logical extension of teach a man to fish.
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04-22-2006 | #30 |
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There is a difference between helping someone who has truly tried and those who just want to sit and do nothing hoping that everything will arrive on a silver plater as if they still lived life as a 4 year old.
Many times have things arrived on this forum which I have not known of. I simply google search and look around a bit and my questions have been answered. If I can do it then so can the rest of the forum fanatics |
04-22-2006 | #31 |
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Here's a proposal. From now on, we can meet them half way. We'll do the google search, they have to figure out which one of the results answers their question.
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04-22-2006 | #32 |
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That sounds good. I know the same question being asked over and over gets annoying, but don't be so harsh. Maybe Lorekeep can put a topic on top explaining WinRAR? This way, moat users will know what to do.
And thanks Suti. I lurk around here (my first post, actually), but you provide a lot of cool works on the forum. ^_^ |
04-22-2006 | #33 |
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What bugs me the most is that every time someone asks, this happens. Pages are used on people discussing the subject and we lose the main point of the thread and it dies.
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04-22-2006 | #34 | |
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