There's just so many times you can direct people to http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html withou

There's just so many times you can direct people to http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html without losing your sanity. I spent several years trying to help people on a specific topic and eventually gave up because the stream of people who haven't put their brain to use before asking was reaching 90%. And that's on a niche topic, I don't even want to know how much more noise common topics get, and I have great respect for people like Heathfield for not giving up.