FYI, Cypher got most of his ass hole nature from me. (Weird eh?)
Think about it this way, if we told you "You need to read x y and z." Just like that. Would you actually read it before coming back asking stupid questions? Or would you actually read it, and attempt to understand it, if you knew you would be flamed for being lazy again.
I apply the "be an ass hole until they help themselves first" logic more often than you think. My techs (I own a car shop, mechanics are techs) see me do this quite often. (Though not at customers, since.. well.. you should know why) If they ask me stupid, or repetitive questions, I give them a complete bullshit answer and make fun of them. They very rarely come asking questions like that again, and they do less than 5 minutes of research to find the answer. They remember it much better that way. And I've never had a problem with any of my techs. (With the exception of being utterly rude to customers, stealing, etc.)
If you notice, I help people a lot more in the 'beginner' areas of the site. (Check the programming sections.) However, in the more advanced areas, I'm an ass hole. As well as most others. If you're here, you should have learned how to do what you're asking to do. I'm very lenient actually. But when it comes to more advanced topics (such as memory editing), you'll see quite the opposite. Same goes for Cypher, kynox, Shynd, etc.
None of us get paid to help you, nor do we have an obligation to help you. If we want to be 'pretentious ass holes' we can. If we want to help, we can. Which we do more often than not. (Maybe just not where you see it.)
My signature is a joke, and the truth at the same time. Having learned, and programmed in VB/VB.NET, I can accurately say it takes nearly no skill to use. (Which is why I prefer C/C++ and C#, as it's not that it's easier to use (though it is because of the syntax), but because it has much more functionality than VB/VB.NET)
Edit: Here's a post that pretty much explains what I'm trying to say. (I forgot I posted this a while back on the OB forums.) It's pretty oriented to the IS/OB community, but it applies here as well.
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