On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 05:09:29PM -0500, Olin Lathrop wrote:
> Gaston Gagnon wrote:
> >> Ignorant: How do I find out what each of the connection leads of a
> >> 10F200 does?  Do these things have a standard name?
> >
> > The proper answer would be RTFM of course.
> 
> I didn't see a smiley, so I'll have to assume you really meant that.  In
> that case I strongly disagree.
> 
> This guy clearly knows very little about PIC, ICs, and electronics in
> general.  He is asking a reasonable question within his own context.  He is
> asking how to find information instead of demanding it on a silver platter.
> He has done nothing wrong and shouldn't be treated as such.
> 
> My answer, depending on the amount of time and inclination I had at the
> particular instance, would be to introduce the concept of a datasheet,
> explain where to find Microchip datasheets, "pins" and "pinout", and
> probably also a warning that he should start at the shallow end of the pool
> with basic electronics first.
> 
> However in no case should a particular answer be legislated in or out.  If
> you answered RTFM to this guy, you'd get jumped on plenty by others and
> things would take care of themselves if only the admins have the restraint
> to not try to "fix" anything.  If he gets rude as a result of your RTFM
> ("F--- off a------"), then that's a separate issue and should be dealt with
> as such.  He'd get jumped on plenty for that too, with admin action again
> only making things worse unless he does it repeatedly.
> 
> 
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I am new so if you tell me to rtfm please tell me which manual and what
part of it`because that helps a random rtfm indicates you have no clue
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