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If you love programming there's no reason to let unhelpful online responses get you down. Keep looking for good people that can help you online, they do exist. And keep trying to improve the way you learn and the way you get information from others. Eric Raymond's "How To Ask Questions The Smart Way" might be helpful [1].

[1] http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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That one (and similar guides) really helps. When I started out programming and went to IRC for help people frequently pointed me to those tutorials. When I started to follow the gist of them, I got friendly answers all the time.

This goes both ways: If you're and expert annoyed by this moron who can't even state his question properly, point him to this tutorial and leave it at that.

I agree, but I've been berated in the past for linking this. Maybe it comes off as a bit harsh?

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