also affect people from asking questions in fear of the high and mighty "did not search" first retort.

Ever try to search this site without Google? Even with Google, its difficult to wade through the material. And like anything else, you have to know what your looking for. Sometimes questions are asked, and instead of people helping that person search or point them in the right direction with very minimal effort, they are berated because some on their high perch thought that the question has been asked and answered.......in 2004 and the original poster should have known that by his laborious search for that one relic thread.

Granted, there are those asking homework questions, and ok, I can see the need to make them do their own work.

I've experienced both ends of this, and have been helped by a few members here in which I'm very grateful, and I've also experienced the "wtf are you doing in that job if you have to ask such a basic question?" Stuff like that makes me want to jump through the screen and dole out an all out azzkickin for such a snotty ass uncalled for comment.

People come to the site because it is relevant to what they are doing, and it seems, at times, they run into this wall of ego. People can choose not to help, post, but instead lecture people on how things are done and referred to the bible before approaching the 8051 gods with any sort of question that could have been extrapolated from the user manual.

I have found though, that for the most part, people do try to help, but most people remember the bad more than the good.

So when people read through the basic posts, some/most may not want to deal with that type of confrontation. Does it apply in all cases and the major cause of this threads subject, hell no, but I bet it does add substantially to that part of the equation in my opinion.

Again, this is my observation and only my opinion.