20110819

How forums can help you realize you're being an idiot.

I love it when I'm researching a problem I've been having, and I suddenly find a forum whereby someone has posted the same issue. If it's a complicated fix, people are usually nice enough to provide assistance, but occasionally there are no answers posted; the thread will just _die_.

Want to know why that happens? It's because you're either overthinking the problem, or you didn't RTFM. Go back and think about the problem, read the documentation, and then take a step back. You've missed something, and it's right there in front of you.

Yeah, I know. I do it, too. Welcome to the club.