Unfortunately Google is not very good at "figuring" things out. If I have a very specific question then google is good, but other than that I end up spending all day trying to figure out what combination of key words is going to give me the answer that best fits my particular problem.
On Sep 19, 10:20 am, "Jamie Fraser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think you've misunderstood any criticism you've received - nobody > cares about "getting a freebie", but you are FAR more likely to get a > freebie via 30 seconds of googling, rather than typing a message here, > posting it and waiting for replies. Google IS the easy option - > posting here isn't. > > > > On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 3:03 PM, rhaazy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I do help, when I get a chance to even browse these groups (yes I do > > actually visit groups other than this one), however I still consider > > myself very new to a lot of this, and often times hesitate to offer > > any advise or help in fear of someone like you just telling me I'm an > > idiot. > > > I have a job, I spent most of my time at my job working. > > After work, I spend time with family. > > I don't sit at a computer so that I can justify myself by proving to > > everyone how more competent at life I am than everyone else. > > > Sometimes I don't try as hard as I could to find the answer myself. > > Sometimes I hope that someone on the forums has an easy answer. Why? > > Because I've spent 99% of the rest of my time figuring things out, so > > sometimes it's nice to get a freebie. > > > On Sep 18, 2:13 pm, Glenn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Then step up to the plate and start helping these people with their > >> problems. Don't just sit there and complain about someone when you aren't > >> doing anything yourself. It's really sad when I'm either the #1 or #2 > >> poster in this group every month. There is no way that I should be that > >> high up in the posting. In fact, "rhaazy," why aren't you up there? > > >> If you take some time to examine all the messages in this group, you will > >> find that over 75% of them can be answered just by using Google. If the > >> users that ask those questions here would open > >> uphttp://www.google.comfirsttheywould already have their answer. Then > >> they wouldn't be ganged up > >> on by the long-time users of this group (of which I am NOT one of them). > > >> As I've said before: A little effort goes a long way. If your answer can > >> be > >> found on the first page of a Google search, then you're not putting any > >> effort into it. Those that put in the effort are helped quite nicely by > >> others in this group as well as myself. Many have solved their issues with > >> our help. But the key is that they put effort into it and they got > >> something out of it. > > >> ...Glenn > > >> On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 1:46 PM, rhaazy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > About time to see someone else with some balls stand up to those who > >> > desire to "paint everyone with the same brush". > >> > It's fine to treat those who really just troll around looking for free > >> > help, but to those of us who REALLY HONESTLY I SWEAR TO GOD WE ARE > >> > TRYING > >> > to put some effort into something meaningful it's a real kick in the > >> > nuts when a few of you gang up on the poster like they are some > >> > undereducated misfit. > > >> > Thank you poster Jai for being a bad-ass.- Hide quoted text - > > >> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DotNetDevelopment, VB.NET, C# .NET, ADO.NET, ASP.NET, XML, XML Web Services,.NET Remoting" 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://cm.megasolutions.net/forums/default.aspx -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
