The FAQ (VFAQ) is a great thing. It is, like the documentation, a vast source of
valuable information. Unlike the docs it could change constantly, inspired on
what's going on in the newsgroups. I've followed some Pascal-groups for a while
and there were certain questions that kept coming up over and over annoying
people (for insiders: the RT200-problem?). There were some people getting more
annoyed each time, there were others ignoring the thread (I did eventually), and
there were still others patiently pointing at the FAQ every time. 
I've seen some questions pop up here more then once, I've also seen different
answers to questions. That's why I like to keep reading the solutions to
problems I think are already solved a zillion times and learning new stuff once
in a while.
Perhaps you could simply change your sig and add the VFAQ-URL so you could reply
to each question with an empty message? That might add to the obfuscatedness of
the message ;-)

Regards,

Remco

Nieminen Mika wrote:
> 
> In povray.newusers Johannes Hubert <jhu### [at] algonetse> wrote:
> : Please face reality:
> : People will always ask questions that are already answered in some FAQ
> : somewhere.
> : You then have three options:
> 
> : 1. Ignore the question, and think "he'll find the answer in the FAQ or some
> : kind soul will help him"
> : 2. Point the person to the FAQ
> : 3. Berate the person about not reading the FAQ and appear really childish by
> : doing this...
> 
>   But this is not "a FAQ". This is "The FAQ". No, no, it's "The VFAQ" ;)
>   You talk about "some FAQ somewhere". Well, I have never seen any FAQ
> anywhere about povray. I have never seen anyone answering something like
> "the answer is in the FAQ located at...".
>   A have also seen that people ask same questions again and again. No matter
> how many times you answer, they will ask the same question again. A question
> which isn't answered anywhere.
>   So this is why I wanted to put those answers in one file so that when
> someone asks the same question again, you can save time and typing by
> answering just "http://something/povVFAQ.html#question".
>   I threw the idea on the news, and the feedback was very encouraging. People
> sent me lots of questions and answers. I also received feedback from people
> who have read it and liked it and who learnt many things about it. It
> seemed like it would be "The FAQ".
>   Now it is out there, and it's the only one I know.
>   When somebody asks a question in the FAQ, I regularly answer with a proper
> URL to the exact location of the answer. Sometimes, specially at the
> beginning, some people answered to questions with the URL to the FAQ (but
> not with the exact location to the answer, ie. with the #parameter after
> the URL).
>   Now I'm the only one who answers with the VFAQ. Even those who sent me
> questions and asnwers have stopped using it (you are one of them, shame on
> you! ;) ).
> 
>   Your reply sounded to me like you were insinuating that I'm a little bit
> hypocrite. Well, maybe that's so, but I sincerely thought that people,
> specially those who contributed in making the VFAQ, were really interested
> in it. I sincerely thought that I was making some worthy for the pov
> community.
>   It's a bit discouraging that one of the contributors answers this way...
> It's a bit disappointing that my work seems to be futile.
>   Sorry, I'm not blaming you or anyone else. I'm just awakening to see the
> cruel world...
> 
> --
> main(i){char*_="BdsyFBThhHFBThhHFRz]NFTITQF|DJIFHQhhF";while(i=
> *_++)for(;i>1;printf("%s",i-70?i&1?"[]":" ":(i=0,"\n")),i/=2);} /*- Warp. -*/

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