RTFM poll: Do you read the manual?

[iwearnosox]

Well?

 

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM............Bacon

We don't need no stink'in manuals !


Edit ;

Yes, before I try to operate/install it.

It should read as follows ;


Yes, before I try to operate / assemble it / install it.

 

[mpitts]

It depends on what it is.

I find myself reading manuals for software more than I do hardware.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Bacon is tasty, though I like Beef Jerkey better. Also, i don't usually Read the manual for assembling things, or windows based anything, however, when it comes to CLI Linux stuff ... I usually do read some of the documentation

 

[Derango]

For software, I grab the manual if I can't figure somthing out. For hardware, I usually skim the install instructions for anything thats out of the ordinary (some weird thing that has to be done to install it that other hardware doesn't need), and then grab the manual if I'm having a problem later.

 

[idNut]

Originally posted by: Derango
For software, I grab the manual if I can't figure somthing out. For hardware, I usually skim the install instructions for anything thats out of the ordinary (some weird thing that has to be done to install it that other hardware doesn't need), and then grab the manual if I'm having a problem later.

 

[chin311]

maybe about 10% of everything ive ever done...and thats only because i HAD to, i never do when it comes to electronic things.

 

[skace]

You need a choice like this: "Only after failure"

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Real men don't read manuals until after they fvck up.

- M4H

 

[Dudd]

Very rarely. Never for software, unless I'm glancing at the controls, and rarely for hardware. If I'm just adding a video card, then I'm fine. When I put together my Shuttle, I glanced over the manual just to familiarize myself with the intricacies of the case.

 

[DnetMHZ]

What is this manual you speak of??

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Here's why I usually read it:

Often a device has a lot of features. We're talking about twice the number of features that you know about it. The manual often will tell you what these features are. If you don't read the manual, you're missing out.

 

[dighn]

depends. it totally depends.

 

[SaltBoy]

I had bacon for breakfast this morning. It was yummy.

 

[TheCorm]

When I get a new motherboard I do, for jumpers and stuff but software manuals?....nah....

 

[Electric Amish]

Only after I totally fvck something up..

amish

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
Here's why I usually read it:

Often a device has a lot of features. We're talking about twice the number of features that you know about it. The manual often will tell you what these features are. If you don't read the manual, you're missing out.

Yep.
The only manuals I don't read are the ones that are incomprehensible.

 

[isekii]

Originally posted by: dighn
depends. it totally depends.

Yep it really depends on what it is.

Computer motherboard yes. Setting up a remote ( entering a manufacturer code ) yes

Stero equipment, Computer Periphirals etc ? no.

 

[Supermercado]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
Here's why I usually read it:

Often a device has a lot of features. We're talking about twice the number of features that you know about it. The manual often will tell you what these features are. If you don't read the manual, you're missing out.

Yup, exactly. I almost always tinker and fiddle with stuff and figure out the general operation of the thing, but then I at least skim the manual and read about all the other things it does that would be difficult to find out on your own (I got a new phone yesterday and would have never guessed to hold the bottom side button down to activate the vibrate mode, for instance).

 

[MaxDepth]

IWTFM - I wrote the f**king manual.
BTW, if any of you have sleepless nights let me send you a PDF of "Installing IBM Director."
Put you to sleep by page 5, guaran-damn-teed.

 

[Anubis]

Only after failure

 

[RossMAN]

Never.

Fiddle and screw around first THEN RTFM.

 

[brunswickite]

only after failure

 

[Vic]

edit: only after failure

 

[AlienCraft]

Originally posted by: Jzero

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
Here's why I usually read it:

Often a device has a lot of features. We're talking about twice the number of features that you know about it. The manual often will tell you what these features are. If you don't read the manual, you're missing out.

Yep.
The only manuals I don't read are the ones that are incomprehensible.

yep