Etiquette with the newsgroups

[BeeF]

Hello ppl
I am beggining with VB.net and would like to use this newsgroup to
supplement my learning.

Firstly whats the correct etiquette here as this is my first involement with
newsgroups.

Is there such a thing as a stupid question? and or is the practise of asking
first before you have done your own research frowned upon?

Thanks for any responses to keep me on the dtaight and narrow.

For all of you who cannot help but lend a hand to us learners, I'll be
speaking to you all in the near future.

[Cor Ligthert [MVP]]

Beef,

There are no stupid questions, however there is suspected own investigation.

Others have to learn from the questions. That cannot be with to obvious
answers.

There is also expected some basic knowledge of Visual Basic Net because
otherwise no newsgroup wise communication is in my opinion possible.

I hope this helps,

Cor

[BeeF]

Many thanks to you both for your responses.
I hope to gain a lot from this tool and yourselves
I am collecting interesting posts at a quick rate all ready.
"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi***************@gmx.at> wrote in message
news:O2**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

"BeeF" <__******@yahoo.com> schrieb:

I am beggining with VB.net and would like to use this newsgroup to
supplement my learning.

You are welcome!

Firstly whats the correct etiquette here as this is my first involement
with newsgroups.

The basic rules are described here:

Rules of Conduct
<URL:http://www.microsoft.com/communities/conduct/default.mspx>

Is there such a thing as a stupid question? and or is the practise of
asking first before you have done your own research frowned upon?

I strongly recommend to do research /before/ asking. People here have
limited time and thus won't be happy if they answer questions the OP could
have answered himself.

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

"BeeF" <__******@yahoo.com> schrieb:

I am beggining with VB.net and would like to use this newsgroup to
supplement my learning.
You are welcome!
Firstly whats the correct etiquette here as this is my first involement
with newsgroups.
The basic rules are described here:

Rules of Conduct
<URL:http://www.microsoft.com/communities/conduct/default.mspx>
Is there such a thing as a stupid question? and or is the practise of
asking first before you have done your own research frowned upon?

I strongly recommend to do research /before/ asking. People here have
limited time and thus won't be happy if they answer questions the OP could
have answered himself.

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

[Chris Dunaway]

And, please, when posting, trim your posts. I is irritating to see a 2
line response to a long post that has the entire original post with it.
Let's try to save some bandwidth.

[BeeF]

Many thanks to you both for your responses.
I hope to gain a lot from this tool and yourselves
I am collecting interesting posts at a quick rate all ready.
"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi***************@gmx.at> wrote in message
news:O2**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

"BeeF" <__******@yahoo.com> schrieb:

I am beggining with VB.net and would like to use this newsgroup to
supplement my learning.

You are welcome!

Firstly whats the correct etiquette here as this is my first involement
with newsgroups.

The basic rules are described here:

Rules of Conduct
<URL:http://www.microsoft.com/communities/conduct/default.mspx>

Is there such a thing as a stupid question? and or is the practise of
asking first before you have done your own research frowned upon?

I strongly recommend to do research /before/ asking. People here have
limited time and thus won't be happy if they answer questions the OP could
have answered himself.

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

[Al Reid]

"Chris Dunaway" <du******@gmail.com> wrote in message news:11**********************@g14g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...

And, please, when posting, trim your posts. I is irritating to see a 2
line response to a long post that has the entire original post with it.
Let's try to save some bandwidth.

I also find it irritating when everything is clipped such that the reply has no context. Then I have to un-hide the read posts to
find out what is being answered.

--
Al Reid

[Chris Dunaway]

And, please, when posting, trim your posts. I is irritating to see a 2
line response to a long post that has the entire original post with it.
Let's try to save some bandwidth.

[Al Reid]

"Chris Dunaway" <du******@gmail.com> wrote in message news:11**********************@g14g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...

And, please, when posting, trim your posts. I is irritating to see a 2
line response to a long post that has the entire original post with it.
Let's try to save some bandwidth.

I also find it irritating when everything is clipped such that the reply has no context. Then I have to un-hide the read posts to
find out what is being answered.

--
Al Reid

[Chris Dunaway]

Al Reid wrote:

I also find it irritating when everything is clipped such that the reply has no context. Then I have to un-hide the read posts to
find out what is being answered.

Agreed and point taken!

[Chris Dunaway]

Al Reid wrote:

I also find it irritating when everything is clipped such that the reply has no context. Then I have to un-hide the read posts to
find out what is being answered.

Agreed and point taken!

[BeeF]

Chris,
Have you a problem with your ISP? and bandwidth?
The difference between your post and mine is a whopping 1k
Surely your not going to get annoyed downloading my post. I mean spam posts
of a considerable size would be a pain but I think you MIGHT be overdoing it
with that comment.
But who am I to disagree, if this is the general consensus then fine I will
comply with the view that bandwidth is a primary resource and not getting
the full story behind each post is a waste.

"Chris Dunaway" <du******@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:11*********************@g44g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com...

Al Reid wrote:

I also find it irritating when everything is clipped such that the reply
has no context. Then I have to un-hide the read posts to
find out what is being answered.

Agreed and point taken!

[BeeF]

Chris,
Have you a problem with your ISP? and bandwidth?
The difference between your post and mine is a whopping 1k
Surely your not going to get annoyed downloading my post. I mean spam posts
of a considerable size would be a pain but I think you MIGHT be overdoing it
with that comment.
But who am I to disagree, if this is the general consensus then fine I will
comply with the view that bandwidth is a primary resource and not getting
the full story behind each post is a waste.

"Chris Dunaway" <du******@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:11*********************@g44g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com...

Al Reid wrote:

I also find it irritating when everything is clipped such that the reply
has no context. Then I have to un-hide the read posts to
find out what is being answered.

Agreed and point taken!

[Chris Dunaway]

BeeF wrote:

Chris,
Have you a problem with your ISP? and bandwidth?

My bandwidth is fine, but there are still a large number of people who
still use dialup, or pay by the minute. But, I suppose, it's not a
huge problem.

[Chris Dunaway]

BeeF wrote:

Chris,
Have you a problem with your ISP? and bandwidth?

My bandwidth is fine, but there are still a large number of people who
still use dialup, or pay by the minute. But, I suppose, it's not a
huge problem.

[Martin H. Hamstad]

On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 13:33:37 +1000, "BeeF" <__******@yahoo.com> wrote:

Chris,
Have you a problem with your ISP? and bandwidth?
The difference between your post and mine is a whopping 1k
Surely your not going to get annoyed downloading my post. I mean spam posts
of a considerable size would be a pain but I think you MIGHT be overdoing it
with that comment.

I just came home from a ship with a 128kBit satelite connection to be
shared btw. the voice phone and the internet usage for the whole crew.
A satelite dish that kept loosing loosing track when the weather got
rough.
So lets not forget that even if most of us has broadband now, there
are still ppl. who are working with a low bandwith.

Martin H. Hamstad
ma****@nospam.hamstad.net (fjern nospam)
Triumph Trident 900 92
http://hamstad.net/bilder/martin/sykkelm.jpg

[BeeF]

Yep I hear ya
But lets also not forget we are talking about a 1k file
I think this has been done to death by now
and just for those still on the ship I cut the rest of the text!