Very, very often answering an RTFM question with something else than RTFM (+ location where to look) is just a waste of time. Rewriting the (often excellent!) material in manuals and books is inefficient and error-prone.

Also, I often feel that the homework before asking the question has not been done to the required extent, e.g., if I can get a pointer to an answer by just typing the question into a search engine (e.g., www.google.com, or by using perldoc.

Just my 2 cent.

Christian Lemburg
Brainbench MVP for Perl
http://www.brainbench.com