Asking one minute Googlable questions is itself a disrespect to people who spent time answering.
You can say that again!!!
Unfortunately there is always someone willing to post a To-Long-T-Read diatrabe on the subject. Which only propagates the problem.
surely there were duds with that label too (I think the VW Golf I, sold as 'rabbit' in the US, was one).
I believe there was a really really crappy version that ended up getting sent here. In the 80's the european "versiions" were not as crappy and looked a lot better than the tuna cans they sent here.
I don't quite understand why blueskull is now on the receiving end of the collective eevblog wrath.
Collective maybe, but certainly not unanimous !!!
You were, at best, insensitive towards a handicapped person when the evidence for their handicap was staring you in the face, at worst deliberately offensive -
The dynamic range of your opinion is highly compressed.
How about he responded as if it was anyone else complaining about their dog eating their homework and they need help "right now"!!!.
it's common decency
Posting history shows plenty of common decency.
got people's panties in a bunch about your behaviour.
You can speak for yourself all day long.
Not everyone panties got in a bunch. Good for him to speak up and say what other were also thinking!!!
... common sense questions. These don't need a degree in EE to know the answer. Even without a good common sense, a one minute Googling will tell the answer. Asking one minute Googlable questions is itself a disrespect to people who spent time answering.