Guys, it's probably a good time for a "time out". This is doing no one any good, least of all those reading the list.
I understand MorningZ and Matt Quackenbush's frustration, I often feel the same way about a lot of the posts on the list, Rick's included. No offence intended Rick. I can see that you're trying to do a lot and are not familiar with JavaScript/CSS, that does lead to a lot of questions. Occasionally if the question is "read the documentation" I'll provide a link, but more often than not I just ignore them. It leads to a lot less stress, mostly for me :). Trying to explain quantum physics to someone who's just learning about gravity is usually a recipe for stress for all involved. Karl Rudd On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Rick Faircloth <r...@whitestonemedia.com> wrote: > > I help myself, too, but often times, answers that are offered > to problems aren't correct, so you'll certainly hear "that didn't work" > if you post an incorrect answer to a question. > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:jquery...@googlegroups.com] On >> Behalf Of MorningZ >> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 11:38 PM >> To: jQuery (English) >> Subject: [jQuery] Re: In this code, what would $(this) in the success part >> refer to? >> >> >> that's exactly the point i was reaching at >> >> some people, myself included, point out a syntax error in the posted >> code... only to have it changed to as suggested and then a new post of >> "that didn't work!"... there's no effort shown to understanding why $ >> ("this") and $(this) are two totally different things... just that >> "it didn't work" >> >> the whole underlying problem is a total lack of understanding of >> selectors and what they are getting.... >> >> whatever though... i know i am not alone in opening a new topic only >> to see it the same exact post from before.... it's just that i'm the >> first person to speak of it.... so don't burn me at the stake for >> saying what many others are thinking..... as Matt says, you have to >> help yourself first.... >> >> >> >> On Jan 13, 11:33 pm, Matt Quackenbush <quackfu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Has it ever occurred to you that maybe, just maybe, people are sick and >> > tired of helping you when you refuse to help yourself? >> > >> > On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 10:32 PM, Rick Faircloth wrote: >> > >> > > This is a completely different part of the problem. >> > > The other parts have been solved, but I couldn't make sense >> > > of the success part. >> > >> > > If you don't want to help, don't respond. >> > >> > > And if you really are concerned about the number of posts, >> > > contribute to making them unnecessary by helping with the problem. >> > >> > > You took up more "ink" on the page by complaining about the >> > > posts than you would if you had just answered the question. >> > >> > > I'll just assume you don't know...so please keep the responses >> > > off my thread unless you want to be helpful. >> > >> > > Rick > >
