Not an overtly violent person, just very adamant about the respect of others, especially for those that ask for help from you, and yeah in my house a guest is almost sacred, which in fact is the position YOU would be in if we in fact did meet in person. I'd pop anyone that disrespected YOU in my house also, which is what I ACTUALLY stated.
Everyone knows it was a Newb question... from a newb, at least to the boards. Maybe I just see things a little different than you and that is OK. I am happy to see RTFM, or "use search", but to accuse people of making things up, absolutely making no cognitive sense , that honest questions should not be asked, and that one should not ask about what they are not at the level to know IS in my personal and often flawed opinion both arrogant and ignorant (of human respect and manners as well of mentoring basics - I have no idea of your tech abilities but I went out of my way to say that he could learn a thing or two from you regardless of the initial tone). This whole forum is based on pushing boundaries. Your above explanation and viewpoint about how knowledge should be sought would kill that innovation.
To be honest it probably IS me that was in in a little bit of a bad mood. The berating of new members and and overall "you deserve to be treated like shit attitude" has been growing on one of my favorite forums and it is getting old. There has always been the elite tech snob around to give the forum flavor, and I have learned a lot from such people, but never have I seen such a rush to accusations, name calling, and overall disregard for forum members as I see today.. en masse, and it is usually being done by people who not only wear such rudeness on their sleeve, but will even defend such behavior in the name of their own personal knowledge which they probably got from someone who took the time to help them with their "dumb questions" in the past. Think about it, did anyone ever "help you" with accusations and belittling?
I agree it was a dumb, newb question. Thank God. There are people still out there trying. Hopefully they never become so smart that they feel others should just STFU and struggle through it on their own.. or this place is useless.
What do you tell a client who asks you how to install Facebook for their business? Stay out of social media until you can know what your talking about?
