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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/2/2009 4:45:44 PM   
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Yes but most manuals written by programmers truly suck. Ever read microsoft's manuals? They are terrible.

Agreed. Then I dare to say that I wrote better manuals than MS ...


Of that I have no doubt. Adobe also does terrible manuals. I have a manual for Photoshop Elements written by someone else that is quite good.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/2/2009 4:46:05 PM   
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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/2/2009 4:47:43 PM   
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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/2/2009 4:49:04 PM   
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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/2/2009 4:50:18 PM   
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Which one was that?


Luftwaffe - Creating the Operational Air War 1918-40, by James Corum.

Purported to destroy a slew of the myths about the inter- and early-war Luftwaffe, it's poorly argued and written. Call me old-fashioned, but if you want to debunk "conventional wisdom", you have to present evidence to the contrary. The author fails to do so.

He's an obvious Luftwaffe fanboy, and it shows.


One gets out of a book what one expects. I found it well argued, objective and thought provoking. Aspects of his arguments show up in other texts, including Bergstrom and Shores.





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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/2/2009 4:50:58 PM   
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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/2/2009 4:52:22 PM   
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I was actually refering to the AE manual and some of the q's asked in the forums/fora.

Ah, ok. I thought it was job-related.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/2/2009 4:52:23 PM   
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Does the Cold War count?


Where were you during the Falklands War?

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/2/2009 4:53:04 PM   
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Does the Cold War count?


Where were you during the Falklands War?


hiding.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/2/2009 4:53:33 PM   
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Take that Nik


take what?

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/2/2009 4:57:07 PM   
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Does the Cold War count?


It doesn't matter which war, just that it's The War and it's used to entertain/bore the grandchildren. It's just The War, something that you experienced and your grandchildren can also experience through the medium of long rambling stories.

For added effect, The War can actually be a composite event. Featuring the Cold War, Gulf War and a night out in Portsmouth for example.


Switch off Shaun the Sheep kiddies grandpa's going to tell you about a night out in Port Canaveral during The War...


Port Canaveral. I know that locale. Was it the {censored} or {censored}?

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/2/2009 5:00:39 PM   
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Port Canaveral. I know that locale. Was it the {censored} or {censored}?


both.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/2/2009 5:00:47 PM   
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I just finished that Luftwaffe book that LogBoy recommended some time ago. What a waste of money and time...


Good I won't buy it. Thank you.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/2/2009 5:01:40 PM   
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Port Canaveral. I know that locale. Was it the {censored} or {censored}?


both.


There are 3 really good seafood restaurants in the port itself.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/2/2009 5:02:14 PM   
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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/2/2009 5:02:17 PM   
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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/2/2009 5:05:16 PM   
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I was actually refering to the AE manual and some of the q's asked in the forums/fora.


That manual isn't too bad actually.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/2/2009 5:07:00 PM   
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Take that Nik


take what?

THAT. Aren't you following this conversation?

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/2/2009 5:07:27 PM   
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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/2/2009 5:07:38 PM   
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Take that Nik


take what?



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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/2/2009 5:08:34 PM   
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is it just me or are people just damned lazy to RTFM? Okay, if you don't undertsand something that's fine but some of the q's asked are just mind-numbingly dumb.


lazy. You can appreciate this.....GF told me her friend (who manages an IT group) got a call one weekend about a server that stopped responding. They didn't know what to do. "Did you read the contingencies manual?" she asked. No. If they had they'd have known that all they needed to do was reboot the server.

And to think i can't get a job in IT.


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LOG! - 12/2/2009 5:09:11 PM   
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Take that Nik


take what?






oh. well just for you then.....




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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/2/2009 5:10:20 PM   
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Does the Cold War count?


Where were you during the Falklands War?


hiding.



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RE: LOG! - 12/2/2009 5:12:04 PM   
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Take that Nik


take what?






oh. well just for you then.....





Ok. It was my PDP.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/2/2009 5:12:25 PM   
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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/2/2009 5:13:08 PM   
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What's this - a Bruceblast? Competing with Onime?


I've been busy the last 3 days. I have to make up for lost time

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/2/2009 5:13:38 PM   
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You forgot one.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/2/2009 5:18:30 PM   
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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/2/2009 5:22:58 PM   
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Wow, let me grab my cup....

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/2/2009 5:25:35 PM   
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