| ??? 10/28/09 21:44 Read: times Msg Score: +1 +1 Informative -1 Overrated +1 Good Answer/Helpful |
#170155 - Exclusive information... Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Kai said:
Ok, and if he had done so and found something more useful than posting here, he wouldn't have visited us. Think about the consequences of this idea: We would only be visited then by people not having found anything useful anywhere else, which, if we do not have some very exclusive information here would result in the death of this forum. Sure, but equally how many people would stay if the majority of the threads here were just "how do I turn on output mode on an 8051 port". One of the main reasons that I keep coming back here as opposed to other forums is the quality, not the quantity of threads. Kai said:
It is as if the cook of the restaurant ask us: "Hey, why are you here? Come on, there must have been something eatable in your kitchen, too! Go home and search first!" If all the restaurant had to offer is what I already had in my kitchen then sure, why would I eat there? I understand the point you're making, and some replies here are so blunt that they make me cringe, but there's also a danger of going too far in the other direction - helping people who haven't even had the courtesy to do a jot of work before they ask a (usually) poorly formed and framed question. You're one of the people here who's opinion and knowledge I hold in great regard Kai. Don't give it away too easily :). |
