I lurked on PM to learn. I joined to learn and to contribute so that I would feel justified in asking a question if I needed to.
Participating requires the consumption of time. Knowledge gained is a reward for time spent.
Hopefully, contributions result in sharing knowledge that will benefit many.
What’s got my goat right now is the plethora of questions that suggest the requester desires the internet to respond with hard won knowledge to the most inane, base, simple minded and poorly stated questions. I infer that the requesters think the world owes them a living in return for their lack of effort.
Is it legitimate for someone (who stated he owns a mill) to post a picture of his ½” mill clamp kit and ask “what is this”?
Is it legitimate for someone to write (in the general forum); I found this odd size tap in the dirt, in the ruins of a shack on my property in Colorado. What was it used for?
Is it too much to expect the requester to ask “Did this odd size tap have any known special/historical application”?
Thirty eight replies (and counting) to “First try at reaming a hole”. Hole diameter tolerance=unspecified, surface finish=”smooth”, material “stainless steel”, application=unspecified.
Too many other examples to list.
Is it legitimate for us to define the question as well as to spoon feed an answer?
Clearly, there is no way to prevent stupid questions from being posted. Wouldn’t it be better for contributors to press for repair of defective questions rather than blabber on about the unspecified?
Comments particularly welcomed from those who have abandoned the use of capitalization and punctuation.
I expect to feel much better tomorrow. End of rant.
Participating requires the consumption of time. Knowledge gained is a reward for time spent.
Hopefully, contributions result in sharing knowledge that will benefit many.
What’s got my goat right now is the plethora of questions that suggest the requester desires the internet to respond with hard won knowledge to the most inane, base, simple minded and poorly stated questions. I infer that the requesters think the world owes them a living in return for their lack of effort.
Is it legitimate for someone (who stated he owns a mill) to post a picture of his ½” mill clamp kit and ask “what is this”?
Is it legitimate for someone to write (in the general forum); I found this odd size tap in the dirt, in the ruins of a shack on my property in Colorado. What was it used for?
Is it too much to expect the requester to ask “Did this odd size tap have any known special/historical application”?
Thirty eight replies (and counting) to “First try at reaming a hole”. Hole diameter tolerance=unspecified, surface finish=”smooth”, material “stainless steel”, application=unspecified.
Too many other examples to list.
Is it legitimate for us to define the question as well as to spoon feed an answer?
Clearly, there is no way to prevent stupid questions from being posted. Wouldn’t it be better for contributors to press for repair of defective questions rather than blabber on about the unspecified?
Comments particularly welcomed from those who have abandoned the use of capitalization and punctuation.
I expect to feel much better tomorrow. End of rant.