:D
larry
At 02:30 PM 12/2/2003, you wrote:
>don't make me stop this car. i will pull this car over RIGHT now...
>
>: )
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Larry C. Lyons
> To: CF-Community
> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 12:12 PM
> Subject: Re: Dropdown selection using <SELECT>
>
> BTW Charlie what does STFW stand for?
>
> :D
>
> larry
>
> At 01:20 PM 12/2/2003, you wrote:
> >to address the "Is that not the purpose of this list?" question...
> >
> >No, it is not the purpose of this list (or any list, IMO). Not to be the
> >first place to go when you hit a wall, at least. You learn by
> >R'ingTFM. You learn by trial and error. You learn by googling.
> >
> >Everyone on this list has their own priorities and
> responsibilities. Yes,
> >we're here to answer questions when we can...but you have to understand
> >that doing so takes time away from our own responsibilities. The
> question
> >is, why should we invest our time helping you, when you're not willing to
> >invest your time helping yourself?
> >
> >If you don't understand arrays, you have no business working with arrays
> >until you have taken the time to understand what they are and how they
> >behave. You don't just start using a technology you don't understand,
> >assuming that any questions you have will be answered by members of this
> >(or any other) list.
> >
> >Just to be real clear here...this is not a personal attack on you (in
> >spite of what it may look like <g>). But if there's a serious perception
> >on your part that the list is the first place to go when you hit a
> wall or
> >encounter something you don't know how to do, you need to be told that
> >it's not done that way. I've told you so, and others have told you
> >so. Enough others have told you so that the message should have gotten
> >through.
> >
> >1) RTFM
> >2) STFW (and if you don't know what that one stands for, search the
> web) :)
> >3) Try again (trial and error)
> >4) Ask the question. And also know how to ask "right". Saying, "i'm
> >trying to accomplish (insert task here), but it keeps puking" isn't going
> >to get any (helpful) answers. Explain what you want to do. Explain how
> >you're trying to accomplish it. Explain the problem that you're
> >encountering. If it's an error, give the error message. If it's not an
> >error, but unexpected results, explain what results you expected vs what
> >results you got. In short, give as much information as you can that is
> >pertinent to and explains the problem.
> >
> >That's all for my rant. If I'm completely off base here, and others on
> >the list don't mind being your first line of reference, well then I'm in
> >the minority and the problem is mine. But even if that's the case (and i
> >don't think it is...others can (and will) certainly let me know if i'm
> >wrong), they're doing you a disservice by not forcing you to learn how to
> >solve problems on your own.
> >
> ></ $0.02>
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Bushy
> > To: CF-Community
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 10:12 AM
> > Subject: Re: Dropdown selection using <SELECT>
> >
> > --Original Message Text---
> > From: Charlie Griefer
> > Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 08:20:41 -0700
> >
> > I don't think it's the fact that "a few tech questions" get asked
> > here...but (and I'm sorry Bushy, but I'm going to be blunt) Bushy no
> > longer seems to want to ask questions on cf-talk because it's been
> > suggested that he doesn't do any 'legwork' on his own to try and
> answer
> > his questions, but rather relies on the list as his first resource to
> get
> > his question(s) answered.
> >
> > Is that not the purpose of this list?
> >
> > I'd actually say this specific question would be more on topic for
> this
> > list than cf-talk (since it's not a cf-related question)...but I think
> > some of us resent the fact that questions are asked without the
> > person posing the question making any effort to solve the problem on
> > his own.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Erika L Walker-Arnold
> > To: CF-Community
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 8:07 AM
> > Subject: RE: Dropdown selection using <SELECT>
> >
> > come on guys are you really going to get a shizzled up because we
> ask a
> > few tech questions here?
> >
> > Mikey D, really, are you really going to be a ball buster for this?
> > All this time we've been behaving like good little children and
> now we
> > can't ask tech questions?
> >
> > Sorry, but if I have any questions, this is the place I ask first.
> > Some of those people on CF-Talk are vultures with no sense of humour.
> >
> > At least we can swing the tech question into the sex or politics
> arena
> > after it's been answered without getting slapped.
> >
> > Erika
> > with no smile
> > --------------------------------------------------
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Adam Reynolds [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 9:19 AM
> > To: CF-Community
> > Subject: RE: Dropdown selection using <SELECT>
> >
> > Any chance you can move this into cf-talk. MD has already had a
> go about
> > this.
> >
> > There is a distinct lack of sex or politics in your email.
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bushy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: 02 December 2003 14:08
> > To: CF-Community
> > Subject: OT: Dropdown selection using <SELECT>
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is there a way to change the "arrow" on a select dropdown using
> CSS or
> > get
> > rid of the arrow box all together?
> > _____
> >
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