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On Thu, 6 Jan 2005, at 22:00:32 [GMT -0000] (09:00:32 Friday, 7 January 2005
where I live) "Topper" wrote:

> Asking people to 'Google it' is basically saying 'I probably know but why
> should I tell you if you cant be bothered putting the effort in'. A response
> that annoys me too as I thought the whole point of newsgroups is to help
> each other.

If people learn to use Google, they help themselves much better, in most
cases.

That, in my mind, is better help than holding hands all day long.

(Says he, who has also failed to use Google at times!)

And isn't the whole purpose of news groups to allow flame wars? <g>

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Don't take life so seriously... It's not permanent!

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On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 22:00:32 -0000, "Topper"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>> Why do people do that..? For the same amount of effort you could have
>> answered the question and gained a friend not antagonised someone and
>> maybe made an enemy.
>
>Asking people to 'Google it' is basically saying 'I probably know but why
>should I tell you if you cant be bothered putting the effort in'. A response
>that annoys me too as I thought the whole point of newsgroups is to help
>each other.

"Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and
he will eat for a lifetime." Confucius

Chris

Chris Blunt wrote:

> "Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and
> he will eat for a lifetime." Confucius

To say "go fish" is not teaching to fish, though.