As I read what GrApHiCTrOn was saying, concisely, is that many newbies come here and start posting without having read the FAQs. Which is probably true, and a valid and important point.

Every site has its own issues, which show clearly whether people have read the FAQ's Hacker questions happen to be this sites issue. But the problem is the same - newbies should read the FAQ's. Twice. And then again.