danalec99
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I don't believe the fine gentlemen in this thread are against asking questions. The issue as I see is towards people who don't even want to make an effort.I don't know about anyone else around here, but my time is valuable to me. If I have a question, I ask it.
Garbz had a great example in the first post:
There is a difference between:I study engineering so we're kind of expected to go out and do a bit of research. 2 hours before our exam on transmission lines someone asked me how to solve one of the tute questions. I nearly lost it. 1) it was answered in the tute, 2) the solutions are up on the course website (person in question had his laptop next to him), and 3) that question was the first example in the set chapter in the prescribed textbook.
'Hi, I'm going to start a photography business next month. what camera should I buy'
and
'should I pick 40D over a 1Ds Mark III'.
The first question is asked by the person who has not made an effort at all. (when I see questions like that my initial reaction, even though I don't spell it out is, 'What car should I buy?')
To which your response I assume would be 'we all were once newbies and have asked the same questions'. Yes we were newbies, but with lots of drive. Let's take you for example. You thoroughly did you research. You had an "I want to learn" attitude. You had the hunger and hungry people do not wait to be fed. You worked real hard towards your goals. And now you are reaping the harvest.
No amount of spoon-feeding will replace hard work backed by passion. There is a fine line between feeding and helping.