i'm with Sphinx on this one. if we ALL took the time to read first then write, maybe we wouldn't have to wade thru so many threads to find something we're looking for.

imagine if all we saw on the front page was NEW topics???
chances are good that, if you are NEW, your answer is in here.

try doing a search on any topic, see how many threads come up. just to find an answer to one question, you have to read thru all searched threads. (it takes me hours, cause i research alot.)
i'd rather read for an hour than write ANOTHER thread to **** someone off.

how about if the moderators just delete all duplicate questions, & send a "Nice" reply to the noobs to read first. just kidding, i know y'all are busy. (trying to read all these dups)