I certainly agree with that. In the situation I was referring to the guy had had the problem for some time, and was simply relying on others to do his homework.
I have used this list many times when trying to do a simple escripting thing, which is probably easy to find the answer to on the net, but I just want to get the script finished. On Sun, 2002-10-06 at 17:40, Adrian Stacey wrote: > Nick Rout wrote: > > Agreed, look in the obvious places before you ask. I know of someone on > > this list that posted a question recently. He told me at the last > > meeting that he hadn't yet looked anywhere for the answer as he was far > > too busy. He obviously thought other people had time to do his research > > for him. He wasn't a newbie either!! It annoyed me a little. > > But at the same time, I think it is quite legitimate to ask in this > manner where you are pressed for time, after all, many other people have > done what you are attempting. I have done this myself on occasion > though I would say that I expect people to point me too a good reference > start point rather than to just give me the answer. > > Adrian > >
