Dag's Guidelines for Polite Posting of Questions

1. Do your homework.
2. Do more homework because it's good for you to learn how to do homework.
3. If you have a question then ask a question and leave it at that. If your question turns into a "clever" accusation or assault on the world for having woefully neglected you thus causing all your problems then expect to get slapped upside the head, 'twixt the ears and on the nose too. The more you foam at the mouth, the more you'll get slapped. That's the only way foamers learn, the gurus know it and so they will teach you.
4. If you see your question posted by another person and you can see that person is foaming then don't take up his cause unless you feel an aching need to get slapped too.
5. If you get slapped then consider it an opportunity to learn, like getting an F on your homework, then go back to step 1 and try it again. The gurus respect that but they play foamers like fish and treat them disrespectfully.

How do I know this works? Well, experience of course. After getting slapped a million times myself, I finally learned. Sooo.... learn the hard way or take some advice.

Now, I hear foamers already wanting to ask "Dag, you think you're a guru?". That would be contrary to advice in point 3 above and probably neglect of points 1 and 2 as well. But if ya feel the need then ask the question.

Hi blueroom,
Nelsoc explained this earlier today when locking one of the threads Dagorath posted on. He said that he deletes and rewrites words, but is very reluctant to delete entire posts, since this causes paranoia. He prefers to lock threads and let them sink into obscurity.
Lawrence

Please don't reopen arguments that have been closed by the forum administrators. Especially don't attempt to reignite personal attacks, or "get the last word".

That said, if honest questions remain, and you're sure that they won't cause undue controversy, then feel free to open a new thread (in the relevant place) to ask your questions. Please tread carefully.

Unfortunately for me, creating and enforcing a forum policy is not as easy as, say, creating and enforcing a security policy. There is no way to moderate the forums in a way that will make everyone happy all the time.

If there are legitimate questions from members that were not answered in threads that have been locked, you are free to begin a new thread to try to get your question answered.