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Old 08-01-2003 | 01:46 PM
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Gordon Mc
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Originally posted by Starbucks
im 14 i dont know what all off this ship means....... i want to learn about this stuff but i dont like writtin long sentences and paragraphs .........
Most people here are more than willing to spend a fair amount of their time helping newcomers out.

However, I think I can speak for the majority in saying that for us to be willing to spend the time typing up answers to others' questions, we want to know that there is a reasonable chance that we are not simply wasting our time.

If you write really vague questions then in order to try to properly answer your questions we would have to type in pages & pages of information in the hope that something that we typed might be what you are looking for. If we did that, you may only care about 5% of what we typed - in which case 95% of the time we spent trying to help was wasted. Just as you don't like typing detailed questions, others don't like typing in unnecessary information just because you won't be specific.

How about you try again, and be willing to spend at least as much time providing a detailed question, as you expect others to spend providing a detailed answer ?

I don't in any way mean this to come across as putting you down - just trying to explain how a different approach may get you much more of the info you are looking for.

Regards,
Gordon