Then the better option would be to just not reply instead of giving the impression that the list is not friendly to people who ask questions.
Eric /*-----Original Message----- /*From: Charlie Griefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] /*Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 1:43 PM /*To: CF-Talk /*Subject: Re: do not increase counter is returns 0 /* /*On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Katrina Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /*wrote: /*> I haven't been a member of this list for a few years now, but I remember /*it being a place where even the most beginning person could come for /*advice. This is a community and not a place for you to show how much more /*you know than the next guy. /*> I really don't think this response is appropriate and I'm sure that most /*of the community feels the same way. How about next time instead of /*saying "You're an idiot," you either give some good advice or don't /*respond? That way there's no "waste of everyone else's time" reading /*posts that aren't helpful. You might also find that you'll get better /*responses to any questions you have if you're nice. /*> *Down off my soap box now* /* /*ok so this is just my $0.02... /* /*It's not unreasonable to expect that when somebody asks for help (asks /*for you to give up your own time) that they've already made /**reasonable* efforts to solve the problem on their own. The "How To /*Ask Questions The Smart Way" page /*(http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html) is pretty well /*known for illustrating... well, how to ask questions the smart way. /* /*That being said, the person in question has posted numerous times to /*this list and his questions never seem to indicate that he's even put /*forth the smallest amount of effort to learn how to do what needs /*doing. In Brian's defense, he (Brian) has responded to questions /*posed by Erik numerous times in what I considered to be a fairly /*courteous manner. He's pointed out the link that I referenced above, /*he's tried to teach Erik how to figure things out on his own. When /*you've been doing this for a while (answering questions on mailing /*lists), you get a sense for who is genuinely making an effort and who /*is just looking for a quick answer. When it's the latter, you're /*hesitant to provide that quick answer because you *know* that person /*will just keep coming back for the quick answer, expecting others to /*spend their time answering his/her question. /* /*Brian's advice (again, IMHO) *has* been good. Very good. Assuming /*that the person actually has an interest in learning. /* /*I like to believe the purpose of lists like this is to teach people. /*Not to answer questions for (e.g. do the work for) people who don't /*want to learn. /* /*/me passes the soapbox to the next person in line. /* /* /*-- /*A byte walks into a bar and orders a pint. Bartender asks him "What's /*wrong?" Byte says "Parity error." Bartender nods and says "Yeah, I /*thought you looked a bit off." /* /* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:306730 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
