Quote Originally Posted by Loper
Quote Originally Posted by beforewisdom
Is this the polite version of the RTFM?
I'm sorry if it seemed that way. I never intend my responses to seem condescending; we're here to help each other. My only thought was that a different perspective might be useful -- in fact, the question itself has put me on a path that I might not have traveled otherwise, so thanks.
My apologies for assuming wrong.

As you know, in the GNU/Linux internet community a lot of people do get slammed when they ask questions. It has happened to me and I guess it has made me overly sensitive to it.

To me, google is such a well know tool and such an obvious first step that asking someone if they tried searching on google can be easily mistaken for sarcasm.

I will think twice next time before I make that assumption.

My apologies

Steve