Steve Ingraham wrote:
Too often I get responses to a question that do not help me to understand what is happening because they are condescending, short or too vague for me to understand. My intent for my post was to ask those of you who do understand these systems to be aware that many of us posting on this list may not fully understand them and are asking for your expert assistance.
I've always been of the opinion that a terse (not to be construed as rude or condescending) response from someone who can identify what the cause of your problem is and can get across in a few words what that cause is to others who can, once knowing the cause (that they may not have been able to identify themselves), help you resolve it is better than nothing. Perhaps I'm mistaken.
People who post asking questions should be aware that some of the people who are most familiar with the topic don't have the time or patience to give everyone a detailed response. Again it has long been my opinion that the community as a whole is better served by (such people with) terse responses to a lot of people than detailed responses to only a few. It may take you a little longer to resolve a problem, working with other list members to do so, after receiving a terse response, but I'd say that's better than never resolving the problem at all.
Alternatively, I've heard that some knowledgeable people work for food. ;) Daryl
