Jerry Stuckle wrote in news:lv9mdp$a3o$1@dont-
email.me:

Ah, heck - don't make it so easy. A REAL HAM would mine and smelt his
own ore (using a garden trowel and blowtorch). He would create his own
insulating material from raw materials (bakelite would probably be
easiest), and finally shape and assemble the final product.



Nice. A similar logic applies to knowledge in general. I once got flamed on a
forum for stating a bit of (correct) info simply because it seemed to someone
that I had picked it up from others, and they felt I hadn't contributed
enough of my own experience to their field (lasering is a ridiculously
expensive hobby, so I accept no fault there, given that offering stuff or
knowledge for free usually gets the upturned nose anyway). Also, the attitude
denies the value of all teaching, so I don't take it too seriously even when
I get hurt by it.

If we do too much, there will be someone to flame us. That same person might
be the first to flame if we do too little.