Milt Epstein wrote:
>
> On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Yamijala, Kalyan wrote:
>
> > however
> > careful I may be, I may stumble across questions that I do not
> > realize are off topic, basic or even "stupid". And I wouldn't feel
> > comfortable seeing replies that sound like "get the hell outta
> > here".
>
> I think you may be overly concerned -- I think what people are really
> asking is that you think about whether your question is appropriate (a
> little common sense and experience comes in handy there) and make some
> effort to seek out the answer first on your own. If you give some
> indication that you've done that, I don't think people will hassle you.
>
I second (third?) Milt's comment.
One way to avoid "RTFM" type answers is to give a short history
of whatever research you did to try to answer the question on your
own. Not only does that reassure people on the list that you made
some effort, it also helps readers to understand the context of
your question and increases the chances of getting a relevant
answer. I (try) to do that myself, and I've found that about half
the time the act of writing a summary of the problem clarifies it
sufficiently to make the answer obvious...
-cks
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