why is there so much animosity
one could easily see that the so called seniors are very rude. this guy might be wrong with the title of his post but than this is what he probably thought. Just because you know something doesn't mean that you have to be rude to others as it must have taken long time for you guys to learn.i didn't see any straight answers or clear reference to anything that these guys have given.
be nice to newbies as once you were also one
There is already information "at the top" which is routinely ignored:
www.danlhenry.com/.../keil_code.png
"I still think there's a difference between ignorance and laziness"
Indeed there is. But, when you just don't know something, it is easy enough to show that you've made an effort to find out.
I completely agree with you on that one and I do think people should try to solve their problems first or at least do the minimum amount of research before posting. I just don't think everyone knows to mention what it is they tried or what resources they've consulted prior to posting. It doesn't necessarily mean they didn't do the research though.
Yes, that may be true. But, if you've spent time studying, researching, debugging, etc, why would you not mention that?
Why would you then just post, "My car doesn't work - what's wrong with it?"
Is it not obvious that anyone else is going to need the background information, symptoms, etc, to be able help with that?
Is it not obvious that nobody knows what your car is if you don't tell them?
I'm afraid experience suggests that, in 98% of cases, it it isn't mentioned, it wasn't done.
:-(
It doesn't necessarily mean they didn't do the research though.
I think utter cluelessness isn't quite as hard to spot as you assume.
One can usually tell if someone just didn't care to describe the full depth of his own investigation performed before posting here, or if there simply was no depth to speak of.
I completely agree with you on that one and I do think people should try to solve their problems first or at least do the minimum amount of research before posting sure, but what about those that post "how do I do x" get a reply "it is described in y" and then post "how do I do x".
Erik