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What the hell is up with that attitude? You're completely missing the point of a welcoming community by closing the door with an RTFM sign. He's writing his own

What the hell is up with that attitude? You're completely missing the point of a welcoming community by closing the door with an RTFM sign. He's writing his own shit but is wondering if there is a library out there already that is better/already does it. The point of a community is to be helped and then help. You make it sound like you got to where you are by yourself and that's the only _correct_ way. To be frank this attitude has no place in a community. "Does thing belong here?" NO. "Are we helping each other?" That's should always be the purpose of any community site and the reciprocation of help is something that has driven every newsgroup, irc channel and community dev sites for DECADES.

mhurron 13y ago
Do it for me is not a question. It is a demand and a lazy one. > You make it sound like you got to where you are by yourself Hardly. I ask questions. RTFM doesn't answer everything, nor does it explain, but you actually ask intelligent questions and are in a position to understand answers if you did some work before hand. Of course the referenced post wasn't looking for an answer to understand, they wanted 'use libfoo.' > "Are we helping each other?" That's should always be the purpose of any community site I have to write a script to install this thing here at work, would you mind doing it for me? That would be a BIG HELP to me. See the problem yet? Technically it is a question, it would be a help to me. I suppose a community site would be more than happy to go about that then. Oh and the response on any newsgroup for decades would be "Do your own damn homework, come back when you have a question."
- Quarrelsome 13y ago
  I know what you're talking about but I think you just failed to read the second paragraph of the post. > I'm using OpenCV for detecting the faces and a rough Eigenfaces Algorithm for the recognition now. But I thought there should be something out there with a better performance then a self written Eigenfaces Algorithm. Does this sound like a "plz send me teh codez" to you?
  - mhurron 13y ago
    Yes, I did read the whole thing. He asked, tell me what library to use. That was the whole question. It was very much a 'do my research for me' question. "I want to do this. Tell me what library to use." "What is better ..." questions are closed on SO for the same reason.
    - Quarrelsome 13y ago
      I think it was more a: "There are probably people out there who already know all of this information and are willing to share it" question. I find it curious that you don't see asking peers for their opinion as a valid form of research.

mhurron 13y ago

Do it for me is not a question. It is a demand and a lazy one. > You make it sound like you got to where you are by yourself Hardly. I ask questions. RTFM doesn't answer everything, nor does it explain, but you actually ask intelligent questions and are in a position to understand answers if you did some work before hand. Of course the referenced post wasn't looking for an answer to understand, they wanted 'use libfoo.' > "Are we helping each other?" That's should always be the purpose of any community site I have to write a script to install this thing here at work, would you mind doing it for me? That would be a BIG HELP to me. See the problem yet? Technically it is a question, it would be a help to me. I suppose a community site would be more than happy to go about that then. Oh and the response on any newsgroup for decades would be "Do your own damn homework, come back when you have a question."

Quarrelsome 13y ago
I know what you're talking about but I think you just failed to read the second paragraph of the post. > I'm using OpenCV for detecting the faces and a rough Eigenfaces Algorithm for the recognition now. But I thought there should be something out there with a better performance then a self written Eigenfaces Algorithm. Does this sound like a "plz send me teh codez" to you?
- mhurron 13y ago
  Yes, I did read the whole thing. He asked, tell me what library to use. That was the whole question. It was very much a 'do my research for me' question. "I want to do this. Tell me what library to use." "What is better ..." questions are closed on SO for the same reason.
  - Quarrelsome 13y ago
    I think it was more a: "There are probably people out there who already know all of this information and are willing to share it" question. I find it curious that you don't see asking peers for their opinion as a valid form of research.