RE: [Dev-C++] DirectX Tutorials

[Daniel G. <sp...@ho...>]

I've done a similar thing in the past, on this mailing list I think, of 
asking for good tutorials for directx and other things, and there's a good 
reason:

Tutorials are a mixed bag sometimes. Some are easy to understand, others are 
not. Some, beginners find great, others beginners find extremely confusing. 
For those of you who work for a development company, you may know this by 
looking at your company's documentation and manuals from a beginner's point 
of view (get a trainee to follow them - you'll be surprised lol).

I'm not saying asking should be the first port of call, do a search of 
course, but as we are famous for saying in development "don't reinvent the 
wheel".

My $0.02, as has been said before.

>From: "Abhijit Shylanath" <mu...@gm...>
>To: "Shane Bryldt" <ast...@te...>
>CC: "Dev-Cpp mailing list" <dev...@li...>
>Subject: RE: [Dev-C++] DirectX Tutorials
>Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 03:03:55 +0530
>
>
>Hello, Shane. If this is flame-bait, I'm biting.
>
> > their dog knows about search engines.  If someone subscribes to a 
>special
> > interests mailing list, I'm willing to bet, 10 to 1, they've already 
>tried
> > to search the web for the same information.
> > That said, why on earth would you waste your time telling someone to use
> > Google on a special interests, especially an advanced programming 
>mailing
> > list?  This is a no-brainer.  They are asking for specific
> > resources.
>
>I agree that my reply would have been unwarranted if he had, in fact,
>searched. But I'll take you on - he hadn't. It ticked me off that he hadn't
>even tried doing it on his own, he expected someone else to.
>
> >  This
> > just baffles me that someone would point to google for DirectX help.  I
> > can't even critisize constructively how stupid this was.  Do yourself a
> > favor, and search for DirectX 9 on Google, then see if you can find any
> > decent resources out of the first few pages.
>
>Try it yourself:
>http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&q=directx+9+tutoria
>l&btnG=Google+Search
>
>(might be split up onto multiple lines - google `directx 9 tutorial').
>There are relavant results on the first page itself. And it's not just on
>Google. Try Lycos. You get results. Good ones. Try AltaVista. Heck, try 
>even
>MSN!
>
>Questions like `Is there a function to split foo into fifteen parts?' are
>okay. They aren't *searchable*. Phrases like `DirectX 9 tutorial' reach out
>and slap you in the face, screaming in high-pitched voices, "Search me!". 
>If
>someone hasn't even bothered to try, I, personally feel they have no right
>to ask.
>
>I came across a person the other day who posted a question from his
>homework. I answered in brief, and he replied saying, "Yeah, I tried that,
>it didn't work...", and he sent his source. I rewrote it and sent it back. 
>I
>don't mind doing that much for him, because I admire him for trying. If I
>can go out of my way to help someone, I can also go out of my way to
>reprimand.
>
>--
>Abhijit Shylanath
>Homepage: http://mudeth.tripod.com/
>
>
>
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