
Originally Posted by
ccipher
I have read 1,000's of posts here and can say I am stunned at the lack of respect for others' work, opinions, questions, and insight. The folks who "give away" their work do so in good faith (and maybe a little "Hey everybody, look over here at what I did"). The folks who come here do so for the depth of information about how to make their Tivo machines do more - which I might add is found no where else. I don't believe anyone intentionally asks a stupid question. I also understand answering the SAME questions over and over gets old in short order. With that said I couldn't believe DB was allowed to be so vehemently rude to most everyone for so long (yeah, I know this is a dead issue...) I see the wake of his impact on tone here again and again. Contributing to the casue is important, but being a decent human is just as important.
My 2 cents.
I would dispute your assumption that no one deliberately asks a stupid question. We recently have seen a number of people that deserve a sign (ala Jeff Foxworthy). It DOES get tiring answering the same questions over and over again. However, when someone refuses to understand WHY they must follow directions, it takes me over the edge. My personal pet peeve is the guy who 'has XX years of computer experience', doesn't know Linux or TiVos, and doesn't want to search for th answers - even rejects pointers to the correct answer.
There's one on the Newbie forum right now - doesn't believe TiVoScripts needs a FAT32 hard drive to work properly. I've decided to let him stew in his misery.
PlainBill
There's a difference between needing help, and just being plain ole' lazy.
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