How to ask for help on s.e.b

[PeteS]

There have been a number of posts recently where the OP wanted answers
to incredibly simple questions. To help those, I reproduce here the
s.e.b. template for 'no-thinkers', taken from a.e.e


Please kind (insert platitudes here, or address titles i.e. Sirs or
Madames),

I am a new (insert job function or social status here, i.e. Student,
Engineer, Electrician, Homeowner etc.)

<optional> from (insert non-english speaking country)

and I have this (insert task here, i.e. homework assignment, personal
project, project assigned to me, problem with my appliance etc.).

I know (insert qualifications here, i.e. next to nothing, very little,
a little, enough to be dangerous etc.) about electricity,

but was hoping that you all could help me to (restate task here, but
without saying what you really mean, i.e. do my homework for me, get me
out of a jam, help me to avoid paying a professional to do it
correctly, get me through this day without having to think, avoid
electrocuting myself or my loved ones etc).

I hope to hear from you soon.

Nooby Nooberson

Cheers

PeteS

 

[David L. Jones]

There have been a number of posts recently where the OP wanted answers
to incredibly simple questions. To help those, I reproduce here the
s.e.b. template for 'no-thinkers', taken from a.e.e


Please kind (insert platitudes here, or address titles i.e. Sirs or
Madames),

I am a new (insert job function or social status here, i.e. Student,
Engineer, Electrician, Homeowner etc.)

<optional> from (insert non-english speaking country)

and I have this (insert task here, i.e. homework assignment, personal
project, project assigned to me, problem with my appliance etc.).

I know (insert qualifications here, i.e. next to nothing, very little,
a little, enough to be dangerous etc.) about electricity,

but was hoping that you all could help me to (restate task here, but
without saying what you really mean, i.e. do my homework for me, get me
out of a jam, help me to avoid paying a professional to do it
correctly, get me through this day without having to think, avoid
electrocuting myself or my loved ones etc).

I hope to hear from you soon.

Nooby Nooberson

Cheers

PeteS

Now, if you could only get Google Groups to automatically insert this
as a template, it might just work!

Dave

 

[robb]

There have been a number of posts recently where the OP wanted answers
to incredibly simple questions. To help those, I reproduce here the
s.e.b. template for 'no-thinkers', taken from a.e.e

who U call simple U f-head, U shouldn't be allowed to reproduce.... why do
U not take U'r smarmy azz'd acronym-arsed f-headed ideas back to groopler
goops no-thought required just do it

if you got this far ....
that was just a joke, because on groups it is not always obvious

if you could get your form into 3 lines ( the attention span of groupers )
then i would say good idea, i suspect those who would type such well thought
and polite messages would have the skills (i.e. patience) to research teir
dire problems to a simple solution

are there simple questions ?

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

who U call simple U f-head, U shouldn't be allowed to reproduce.... why do
U not take U'r smarmy azz'd acronym-arsed f-headed ideas back to groopler
goops no-thought required just do it

if you got this far ....
that was just a joke, because on groups it is not always obvious

if you could get your form into 3 lines ( the attention span of groupers )
then i would say good idea, i suspect those who would type such well thought
and polite messages would have the skills (i.e. patience) to research teir
dire problems to a simple solution

are there simple questions ?

Yes, and even simpler minds. They go to Google, yet they can't
figure out how to use a search engine. It would make their tiny mind
explode, so they post a vague, stupid question. Then they get mad when
people don't kiss their ass. We should just post the link to the Google
search engine and tell them to come back when they know what they really
want to ask. NO MORE 20 QUESTIONS!


--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

 

[Rich Grise]

Yes, and even simpler minds. They go to Google, yet they can't
figure out how to use a search engine. It would make their tiny mind
explode, so they post a vague, stupid question. Then they get mad when
people don't kiss their ass. We should just post the link to the Google
search engine and tell them to come back when they know what they really
want to ask. NO MORE 20 QUESTIONS!

What's this "We should" crap? I've been doing that for years, and getting
crap for it.

Thanks,
Rich

 

[JeffM]

We should just post the link to the Google search engine
and tell them to come back when they know what they really want to ask.

Here's another way to do that:
http://www.justfuckinggoogleit.com/search.pl?q=How-to-answer-your-own-questions
If you've never been to this site, click the link.

 

[Puckdropper]

Here's another way to do that:
http://www.justfuckinggoogleit.com/search.pl?q=How-to-answer-your-own-q
uestions If you've never been to this site, click the link.

Sometimes it's not that they don't look, it's that they don't know how to
ask. I came across this article years ago about why questions go
unanswered.

http://perl.plover.com/Questions.html

(This is posted in the interest of completeness, not making excuses.)

Puckdropper