On 3/2/07, Chris Hartjes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 2/27/07, Felix St. Bernard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That was enough said.... Don't you think? I understand how queries like > > his may "upset" you but keep your frustrations to yourself. You could > > have also just made reference to the recent post "CakePHP IRC and > > GoogleGroup Etiquette Suggestions" which may help this newby not repeat > > what he just did. And that would be a whole lot less rude on your part. > > If you can't do that then save yourself some typing time and just not > > reply. Everyone has to start somewhere. Have a nice day. > > > > FSB > > I guess you could've saved yourself some typing time as well and not > replied to me either, eh Felix? The younger version of me would've > taken great offense at you've said, telling me I don't have a right to > be frustrated and to not express myself. After all, you're expressing > your frustrations and opinions. I'd like to think I'm allowed to do > the same. > > Anyway, here's my point: rude dickheads like myself are needed on a > mailing list such as this one to remind people that there are certain > rules to be followed, and one of those are to not expect people giving > up their own free time (unless there are some very lucky people on > this list who get paid to work on CakePHP) to provide with all the > answers so you can just cut-and-paste without learning anything. I'm > 100% positive I'm not the only one on this mailing list who feels this > way, I'm just one of the few who actually says it out loud...er on the > mailing list. > > I'm all for helping people who are at least TRYING to learn something. > Asking such a broad-based question as the one that started this > thread means the person hasn't even bothered to do a shred of > research. > > So, Mani, I highly suggest you search through the manual, look at the > blog tutorial, and search the google groups archive for this mailing > list. If the answer isn't in there, then I'm sure someone (hey, it > might even be me) will be more than happy to answer your question. > I'm not such a bad guy, honest. > > Give someone code, they learn nothing. Teach them why their code > isn't working and they'll learn something.
It is true that Mani's question was probably a frequent one, and that the answer can be found in the "Models" chapter of the CakePHP manual. But, sorry Chrys , your initial reaction was too harsh. I read this thread again and I am not convinced at all that Mani really meant that others should "write code for him , for free" . -- Adrian Maier --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
