This isn't SO. Although we expect people to do their own 'homework', we should welcome newbs, and at minimum advise them (with links to internal PM nodes) of what is expected here, and not just throw a link to a node that might solve their issue.

We're about education here... whether that be answering a homework-type question (against the 'rules', just because we want to code), or advising someone new how to ask proper questions. Everyone I've met (in person or not), those who speak shit sometimes (but often have deeper, business-level info) and those who critique (sometimes embarassingly so) code you're presenting all have the same agenda... to teach a howto, a newer or most often better ways to do things.

You've made some good posts here and updated some posts with more informative information, but I feel that we should welcome a newb properly at all costs.

-stevieb