Do not underestimate the capabilities of a non-technical user wanting to be helpful giving another non-technical user seemingly authoritative advice on an Inter

Do not underestimate the capabilities of a non-technical user wanting to be helpful giving another non-technical user seemingly authoritative advice on an Internet message board. (If it is not obvious, I am not speaking hypothetically here; I have watched this happen.) And if you think "Gah, only an idiot would...", read HN threads about law sometime.