I'm gonna tell you a story...
Posted: 26 Sep 2018, 16:40
I ain't even sorry for my behavior.
I'll start by simply saying that I'm the same KGIII from Slashdot. That's important. It provides ambiance and should explain many things.
I had a brilliant idea. It was brilliant.
I was gonna install a reporting tool for some WordPress users to manage a project. Trust me, this idea was brilliant. Softaculous happily offered me this stuff called Mantis. This idea was still pretty brilliant, or so it seemed.
It did seem so, too... Well, that was until I actually discovered it was written by someone on a mission.
In my effort to cryptically decipher this new mystery language that you speak in, I turned to Google. Google helpfully gave me pictures of bugs. That's unsurprising, really. "MantisBT" provided better results. Lesson learned.
Which is when I found the help file.
Yup, I found me the the manual. Holy crap! That's the entrance exam to use Mantis?!?
Which was when I signed up for the forum. I'm actually quite pleased that passing that test only took me two tries. I consider that a pretty good accomplishment.
I have not yet figured out if this is the most brilliant software that I've ever come across - or if it's the worst software I've come across. I'm pretty sure I'm not even qualified to opine! What have you done?!? What sort of madness is this? (I assume those answers are helpfully in the manual.)
I'm pretty sure it's the absolute most insane choice for my needs. I'm gonna try to smash it into shape and make it work. I ain't scared.
Don't worry... I'll read the damned manual. Whoever wrote that manual was also a person on a mission. You're either insane or brilliant.
Anyhow, I've further deduced that y'all have read the manual. I can tell, 'cause none of my questions are answered. My presumptions are that they've read the manual and figured it out on their own!
Tada! I told ya. I'd tell you a story. I ain't scared.
I'll start by simply saying that I'm the same KGIII from Slashdot. That's important. It provides ambiance and should explain many things.
I had a brilliant idea. It was brilliant.
I was gonna install a reporting tool for some WordPress users to manage a project. Trust me, this idea was brilliant. Softaculous happily offered me this stuff called Mantis. This idea was still pretty brilliant, or so it seemed.
It did seem so, too... Well, that was until I actually discovered it was written by someone on a mission.
In my effort to cryptically decipher this new mystery language that you speak in, I turned to Google. Google helpfully gave me pictures of bugs. That's unsurprising, really. "MantisBT" provided better results. Lesson learned.
Which is when I found the help file.
Yup, I found me the the manual. Holy crap! That's the entrance exam to use Mantis?!?
Which was when I signed up for the forum. I'm actually quite pleased that passing that test only took me two tries. I consider that a pretty good accomplishment.
I have not yet figured out if this is the most brilliant software that I've ever come across - or if it's the worst software I've come across. I'm pretty sure I'm not even qualified to opine! What have you done?!? What sort of madness is this? (I assume those answers are helpfully in the manual.)
I'm pretty sure it's the absolute most insane choice for my needs. I'm gonna try to smash it into shape and make it work. I ain't scared.
Don't worry... I'll read the damned manual. Whoever wrote that manual was also a person on a mission. You're either insane or brilliant.
Anyhow, I've further deduced that y'all have read the manual. I can tell, 'cause none of my questions are answered. My presumptions are that they've read the manual and figured it out on their own!
Tada! I told ya. I'd tell you a story. I ain't scared.