Sadly that thread could have had some valuable information for newbies. But the poll was tainted by FEJ and more than 100 friends using either the name long* or yang* (all joined RCU within a few days of each other near the time of the thread) to throw the results... really incredible. What a farce.

But, I like the idea of having a thread listing out the "good stuff". I am sure this information is already on RCU but scattered. A concentrated and organized thread would really help modelers.