I actually like the idea. You learn by either having a pop up or googling, but you end up LEARNING them. That's the point, right?
Posted from Nexus 4. Jelly?
My problem with it is simply that it took me all of 60 seconds total to google all four terms and find their meanings. Sure, it might seem like a good idea, and I kind of like it too, but there's a dark side to it as well. This new generation of smartphone users that most of us old timers keep complaining about isn't going away and will only get worse. If they see an acronym they aren't familiar with and it drives them to Google for an answer, then I consider that a small victory. It really does blow my mind how many Android users there are out there now, but how few of them actually use the search engine when they have questions. Honestly, searching Google is far simpler than posting in a forum and waiting until someone comes along and feels like answering.
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/off topic rant (not targeted at anyone in particular)
If I had to pick one thing that frustrates me more than anything, it wouldn't be the penis meter, or the silly questions. It would be the people who use "being a noob" as an excuse. Even worse are those who try to deflect there problems by saying "remember when you were a noob!" Guess what, Sonny Jim; that's no excuse. First off, don't try to excuse your laziness by saying you're new. This is an extreme example, but you don't go to visit another country, then kill someone and get off the hook by saying you didn't know it was against the law there.
These same users don't seem to realize that, while yes, I was a new user at one point, I was not a noob, nor did I make excuses for my laziness. I didn't post for nearly a year when I signed up for XDA originally in 2006 or so. Even then, I was able to find answers to nearly all my problems or questions by searching. I learned how to give useful feedback when things went awry. I learned not only
what went wrong, but I learned
why it went wrong in the first place. I wanted to make my phone/PDA cool, but I also wanted to know what was making it cool in the first place.
I feel like the passion for learning is disappearing from this new generation. The majority of them don't care why things work. They only want it, and expect it, to work. This is a concept I cannot wrap my head around. Mommy needs to start making Little Billy work for his toys, so he actually gives a $hit when he breaks it.
I've been seeing comments lately about how if little Billy breaks his phone, he doesn't care, because he can just lie to Samsung, HTC, or whoever and claim a warranty repair. You know what happens when I break my toys? I man up, take responsibility, and buy a new one, because my dumb @ss didn't read enough before I flashed something. You know how many times that has happened to me? Zero.
Read until your eyes bleed, and search until your fingernails fall off.
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