   White Papers
  I''ve tried reading several of the "white papers" on topics that interest me. unfortunately i can''t make very much sense of them. how does one build the skills required to read these technical papers? by reading simpler stuff first? or continue reading them and eventually it''ll all make sense? 
  White papers are usually pretty technical in overall aspect, and it might be a good idea to try simpler stuff such as online tutorials to get a good grasp of the basic concepts before digging into the white papers. White papers are fantastic if you understand the basics already, and are looking for specifics, or have a good enough grasp of the technology in general that you can decipher the paper.Try Googling for community tutorials and articles on the subject first.   GolemBlender--The Gimp--Python--Lua--SDLNethack--Crawl--ADOM--Angband--Dungeondweller;  Thank you. 