On Tue, 2004-08-17 at 08:13, Edward Croft wrote: > On Mon, 2004-08-16 at 20:58, alan wrote: > > On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, Michael E. Webster wrote: > > > > <snip for brevity> > > > Seriously, I'd like to know. Is it easier to send an email asking for > > > an answer than it is to find the answer yourself? Sure it is. Will you > > > remember what you did to fix the problem two months from now? Probably > > > not. Is it laziness? Most likely. > > > > Sometimes that is true. Sometimes Google gives you back a bunch of > > useless information. Depends on the problem and how you specify the > > search term. > > <snip> The point being that sometimes the answer is shorter than the > admonishment. We all come here to learn and > grow. Yes, some of the newbies, don't know the rules. They top post, > they send in HTML, they respond to the digest, they hijack threads, but > we treat them like they have been here for years. Maybe I just don't get > it. I have been doing this since '85 and I answer the same questions > from users over and over. I guess some of us are better teachers. It's > like I tell my ex when she complains about telling the kids something > 100 times. I tell her that is their job, our job is to teach, so tell > them 101. Eventually they get it, but never talk down to them. I'm not talking about rules - anytime someone is new to something there are bound to be rules broken, not a big deal. I suppose I come from an old-school mentality where you try, try again, try one more time, then ask for help. You're right - some people are better teachers, and others have more patience. I probably shouldn't have posted - I was tired, aggravated, and sleep deprived. I apologize. Mike.
