On Mon, 17 May 2004 10:50:29 +0100, "David Kershaw" scribbled:
"Voivod" wrote in message
It’s not my fault he’s clue proof. I demonstrated that his question could have been answered several thousand times over in under 30 seconds either searching Google’s web or usenet archive.
Why be offensive? just choose to answer questions that interest you and
Because I chose to be. Of course that was after his anal response to simply asked what he’d tried before asking…
ignore the rest! I’m not trying to tell you what to do, just saying what I
You’re telling me what to do… but you’re not…. Confused much?
do. The whole idea of this newsgroup is to expand the knowlage base of
The urge to expand your knowledge and make a spelling lame is strong….
Photoshop users, it would be a pitty of asking a question only resulted in
That may be your whole idea of the group it’s not mine and you don’t get to speak for anyone else.
abuse. Why should anyone who subscribes to this Ng feel that their question is too symple to ask?
Why shouldn’t anyone stop and think; "Can I answer this question in less than 30 seconds at Google?" Your question would be answered BEFORE anyone could even possibly reply. It’s sheer laziness and a fast food menatality that keeps people from trying to learn something on their own and THEN asking a question. Just look at his analogy for how his poor widdle feelings got all hurted, he compared the people who freely give their time to help people to store clerks. He’s acting like there’s some sort of expected service level he’s entitled to.
Stop.
Think:
"Can I answer this question in less than 30 seconds at Google?"
There is no such thing as a stupid question, only
Yes, there are.
stupid people who do not ask when they do not know! As to using Google, how is that different to asking on a NG? The only people inconvenienced by a
It’s different –
Learning to answer your own questions is never a bad thing. Acomplishing something on your own is something to take pride in. Questions could be answered BEFORE a reply is even possible. *
question are those answering and they do that because it pleases them to do so. Being offensive is a different matter, it just brings into question the
It pleases me to be offensive when some blockhead flies off the handle when asked simply "what have you already tried to acomplish this?"
offenders ability, background and manners.>
*Time it yourself – Go to Google, type: copyright symbol photoshop Press enter.