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That's not really what Hacker News is for...why don't you go to http://stackoverflow.com and ask there?

If you're not going to help then why even post? When someone comes across this post in their searches it's not going to help them at all and it's a waste of time. Your post is similar to people posting "Use the search function" in forums, which is also a huge waste of time.

Honestly, I thought the same thing. (Why doesn't he go to stack overflow and ask?) then I thought.

"Oh. My. God. What if he's never even heard of StackOverflow?"

So actually, the above comment isn't inappropriate in the least. A new thread in Hacker News honestly isn't the right place to ask for help with programming connectivity to Microsoft Access (Hint: use ODBC).

But stack overflow is.

Quite often, the "use search" is a rude response ... more often, for example in the case of Hacker News it's also about as useful as a humorous yet slightly rude colloquial comparison between two disparate entities. (eg: tits on a bull).

Anyways.

He is right. HN isn't SXCH. His comment was worded politely and may prove useful to the original poster.

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