"Yep, sometimes people up vote things which miss the point of questions (as originally intended) but generally they don't and even when they do (a) the informat

"Yep, sometimes people up vote things which miss the point of questions (as originally intended) but generally they don't and even when they do (a) the information therein is interesting and useful and (b) the answer is probably of interest to anyone else with a similar problem who might want more than a single opinion on how to handle things." --- I learn a lot on SO from reading responses that don't answer the question. If I see "How do I do x?," I'm quite happy that someone answered, but I'll get a lot out of that page long discussion on performance implications and alternatives.