Came here to comment on that - it may not be your responsibility to look at the author's ads, but its the author's responsibility to help you read what he wants you to read.
I've been starting with Sinatra instead of Rails, but the documentation is sparser, and I'm hitting unnecessary walls (is there a Sinatra-simple way to upload a file sans database?) without finding resources/people who can help.
"It seems almost as if someone had reprogrammed or hijacked the probe, thus perhaps we do not yet know the whole truth," the author of UFOs - They Are Still Flying told Bild.
Hrm, the author of a book on UFOs seems to think aliens are messing with us? Unbelievable!