On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 22:14:20 +0000, Neil Walker wrote: > > It does make the question invalid if it provides insufficient > > information to permit a helpful answer.
> Not at all. It just means that the question needs expansion. Ah, so it's not invalid, just incomplete? Either way, it doesn't work. > > After all, the whole point of posting the > > question is to get the answer. > Very often, the questioner lacks the experience and knowledge to frame > a question that you would deem valid. This may be true in some cases, but not always. This is a peer-to-peer help forum, not some paid support line. If people want something for nothing, they should put in a little effort and not expect others to do everything for them. If you won't describe the symptoms fully, don't expect an accurate diagnosis. Granted, this is a lesson that has to be learned, but some people seem incapable of learning it. If that happens, they are the losers, those with the answers to the question they failed to ask usefully won't suffer for it. > It's a very sad fact that Linux users generally have an appalling > reputation for arrogance and a lack of helpfulness. I have yet to meet a significant number of these generally arrogant Linux users. How can you say that something so community-driven lacks helpfulness? I accept that many programmers respond poorly to certain types of question, but they are volunteers too and should be criticised for how they choose to use their own time, even if that includes not spending too much of it on tact. -- Neil Bothwick Windows Error #09: Game Over. Exiting Windows.
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