Now, now ... leave Jake alone. He was just making a rhetorical, satirical comment, and it didn't mean anything. It was meant as a joke of sorts ... and he didn't send it to you; he sent it to me. I understood what he meant ... you didn't.
If you are going to hang out on a message board, developing a thicker skin would be a handy asset. Don't be so quick to leap all over someone, simply because you might detect a tone that you don't approve of. It's a typical newbie mistake, and the faster you get past it, the better will be your online experience.
That's my advice, take it or leave it. It's meant to be a kindly admonishment, and not a serious critique of your personality, you understand. But you'd be wise to give it some thought, IMHO.
Lots of questions can be considered "dumb", especially to someone who has years of experience, but that doesn't mean they won't be answered. I respond to posts everyday that have simple questions, most of which are easily answered, or might be just as easily be located by the individual user with a proper search engine, without my direct intervention. But that doesn't change the fact that the user doesn't have the info, and may not have any idea of how to begin to locate what is needed.
Some questions <i>are</i> intelligent, intuitive, and require much thought before an answer is given. Others are not. Much of that depends on the user's skill level, and the ability to gain comprehension of the subject matter after a certain amount of study.
Your personal ability to recognize whether your questions fall into one of those categories (or somewhere in between) depends on whether you understand <i>how</i> to ask insightful questions in general, regardless of the subject being discussed. The better the question, generally, the more useful the answer. In other words, if you want to pick someone's brain for nuggets of wisdom; sharpen your pick.
Newer users often have "dull picks", and this is why I often end up typing novellas instead of making what is considered an ordinary post. I try to anticipate the questions before they get asked, since the user didn't know to ask them in the first place.
Toey
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If you are going to hang out on a message board, developing a thicker skin would be a handy asset. Don't be so quick to leap all over someone, simply because you might detect a tone that you don't approve of. It's a typical newbie mistake, and the faster you get past it, the better will be your online experience.
That's my advice, take it or leave it. It's meant to be a kindly admonishment, and not a serious critique of your personality, you understand. But you'd be wise to give it some thought, IMHO.
Lots of questions can be considered "dumb", especially to someone who has years of experience, but that doesn't mean they won't be answered. I respond to posts everyday that have simple questions, most of which are easily answered, or might be just as easily be located by the individual user with a proper search engine, without my direct intervention. But that doesn't change the fact that the user doesn't have the info, and may not have any idea of how to begin to locate what is needed.
Some questions <i>are</i> intelligent, intuitive, and require much thought before an answer is given. Others are not. Much of that depends on the user's skill level, and the ability to gain comprehension of the subject matter after a certain amount of study.
Your personal ability to recognize whether your questions fall into one of those categories (or somewhere in between) depends on whether you understand <i>how</i> to ask insightful questions in general, regardless of the subject being discussed. The better the question, generally, the more useful the answer. In other words, if you want to pick someone's brain for nuggets of wisdom; sharpen your pick.
Newer users often have "dull picks", and this is why I often end up typing novellas instead of making what is considered an ordinary post. I try to anticipate the questions before they get asked, since the user didn't know to ask them in the first place.
Toey
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It's not rocket science, but can be awkward sometimes.
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