@JC - the trick is not to care about rep, you can get really bitter and tied up in it if you do, just concentrate on writing your question in a way that's answerable and serves more than just yourself if possible, then the rep will come to you and you'll increase the chance of getting the answer you want. Oh and we're not a forum by the way.

Yes, very much so, and will be for any narrowly-focused forum, it's just in the nature of learning and age.

There certainly seems to be more of a 'just do my work for me' attitude than when the site was new, SO many questions where new users have clearly ignored the previous questions suggested by their 'question' title.

Gotta take the ying with the yang I'm afraid ;)

That was my question actually - and a very early one in the history of SF, I personally wasn't up to speed with what was appropriate and not, not even sure if it was as clear back then as it is now - and personally have no problem with that being closed - if only because any answers to that given back in 09 would be out of date by now anyway.

I once had a dream where Clippy was slowly sinking/melting into a giant vat of molten metal - his little 'hand' was the last thing to enter the glowing pool...

Favourite cheese?

Agreed! their's is aces, let's steal it!