sergio masci wrote:
> at some point they were asking stupid questions as well

You are confusing stupid with ignorant.  Nobody here has any objection,
including me, to ignorant questions.  That's partly what we're here for,
after all.  In fact, we like answering ignorant questions.

Stupid questions are totally different and show laziness and lack of respect
by the questioner.  The distinction between "stupid" and "ignorant" may not
be immediately obvious to someone not a native english speaker.  Just keep
in mind that when you see people talk about "stupid" questions, that's very
very different from "ignorant" questions.  Ignorant means simply not knowing
something.  There is no shame in that.  Stupid, as it is used in this
context when referring to questions, means roughly "should have known
better", "should have been easily able to find the answer himself", etc.
The corrolary being the questioner is asking 2000 people for a favor as a
substitute for a few minutes doing a web search or reading the datasheet.

We were all ignorant of every question here at some point.  However, it is
not right to say we all asked stupid questions at some point.

Stupid: Now many pins does a 10F200 have?

Ignorant: How do I find out what each of the connection leads of a 10F200
does?  Do these things have a standard name?


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