It's not so much that people are trying to be geek assholes, it's just quite irritating to be asked the same question when there is 1) a FAQ and 2) mailing archives that everyone is asked to read instead of wasting everyone's time answering the same question again and again.

If someone was slapping you every five minutes, you'd get annoyed. If someone asked you how much something cost when there was an enormous sign behind them answering their question, you'd get annoyed. Got that one from Clerks =)

I've yet to see any responses here that are blatantly rude so not sure what level of rudeness you saw, but I do apologize in their stead.

On 2/12/08, McGraw, Robert P <rmcgraw at purdue.edu> wrote:

I recently ask this question and got a slap down from some people. I just ignored the response and wrote it off to %$*)*&&.

I then saw the following on the wiki FAQ.

    Q. When is the next version going to be released?

    A. When it's ready, and not before. Now stop asking. It wastes

Henrik's time answering this question. If he didn't have to constantly answer this question, the next version would be here sooner.

I would like to say cut the shit and answer like civilized human beings and not geek assholes we are so commonly stereo typed as.

To some the question might seem to be just another nagging email, but to me it was asked so that I could make some plans in my hobbit upgrade.

Thanks

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