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Originally Posted by geneven View Post
And on the subject of "why don't you help me?"

I sympathize with you, but the fact is that we get asked certain questions over and over and over and over and over again, and we get tired of answering them. That's ok, because there is a constantly replenishing number of newbies who will be happy to answer your questions.

The problem is, that the newbies who will be happy to answer your questions might not be as well informed as the oldbies who are too jaded to answer your question because they have already done so so many times.

That means that there is a certain danger that you will get answers from people who aren't as well informed, or alternately, you will get answers from people who seem strangely cranky.

So we try to encourage people to search for answers since they will often get better answers and will make themselves better informed while they are at it, and won't encounter so many cranky people.

Stick around, and you will eventually get cranky too.
Not to mention the high likelihood that someone here who knows squat about becomeroot (gaining root access) will probably break something unwittingly and then start a whole new thread about 'oops, i broke my tablet, now what do i do, short of a reflash?' and not knowing how to communicate the symptoms effectively ("something's blinking in the background in some app") and not wanting to reflash

I'm always happy to help, but not to spoonfeed. I know when doing a search WILL yield results, and what is sought can be found by going through the first couple or results. It's when people can't be bothered to seach, then come on all high and mighty about 'the bad attitude' of the veterans here, that I get into a really pissy mood.

Karma means that people like these will someday marry and end up spending the rest of their lives with other halves who search using their mouths (honey, where's the remote? -- when the remote is right next to him/her) instead or using their eyes
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