Funny how a humorous thread about observed laws (note, not rules) has drifted off topic.
Yes I was thinking that. Some people just don't get the joke I suppose.
Every living forum has a hidden self-inherent purpose or goal.
Hell, we've been rumbled.
Just act natural and leave.
When the person states up front there is a bug in the compiler the problem usually turns out to be... I don't think you connected the grounds, Dave.
takao21106:
DuaneB:
On the positive side, many members strike a commendable balance between giving the answer and giving the information to find the answer. In the short time that I have been around the forum I have never seen it formalised anywhere, it just seems to be the spirit of the forum, its great, keep it up.Duane B
Every living forum has a hidden self-inherent purpose or goal.
Usually these include to cooperate towards financial improvement.
So you lay out your action that all people can do their business without too much trolling or distrubing on purpose.Trolls randomly add adverts, unrelated random word chains containing url's, and one big brand sign of trolls is spelling URL's two times.
They can bring down a forum if they become too many.
And every forum originally needs a critical mass to start off.
From zero, forums take years even to have a few members.
So it's often inherent from the original core group.
Generally, forums contain automatic rules that enforce sense of community, common sense, and kind of self censorship. Other's unfortunately really allow graphical violence and this qualifies communities as unprofessional.
Every social and friendly forum should declare "About Us", including where the admins come from. At least the country, and what they do for a living. You can't really trust made up handles.
The admins here on Arduino have at least experienced a moderation process, that made them Admins.
Some admininstrated forums are sensible against any kind of pattern that they have not seen before. So if a new member starts to talk in a pattern they don't know, and correlations they don't understand, these people get into trouble.
That's really a complex digital feedback network that interacts with the human mind, but there are some theories about these dynamics.
On a good day I'm challenged enough if I can get a developing sketch to compile without errors, glad I don't have to understand whatever it is your trying to say about this forum, or maybe just forums in general. 
This forum is pretty simple in nature I think, if I need help with a problem or understanding something arduino, I just ask and read through the responses and usually find an explanation that clicks for me. If I read of someone asking about a problem or recommendation I throw my thoughts out among the other responses. Sometime they help sometime they don't. It's really not a complicated forum here.
Lefty
Defective hardware or hardware failure will often be assumed or floated as a potential reason for a particular difficulty, when in fact it's probably one of the least common causes.
I haven't been here long enough to comment seriously on this subject. Non the less i do feel ive been here long enough to get a feel for it as someone who uses other forums and social media. I found it quite easy to see who was a moderator or that level person and a 'nee-bee' which in many ways i am. Also if you take the time to read posts and 'listen' then it is easer not to sound to stupid. Basically have a look at other posts about your problem before asking. Some times i find their was a shed load of stuff in the playground that i just didn't know about. I'm still learning and finding stuff there that i have asked questions about. Some times it's quicker to just ask a question here, if you know what your question is. Anyway i like this comment.
On the positive side, many members strike a commendable balance between giving the answer and giving the information to find the answer. In the short time that I have been around the forum I have never seen it formalised anywhere, it just seems to be the spirit of the forum
I don't think you connected the grounds, Dave.
I've often wondered if that's why the AE-35 unit failed, and pondered Kubrick's and Clarke's wisdom in not including that line of dialogue.
The investment on day one is inversely proportional to the chance of the project ever getting finished.
ie.
I bought ten servos XYZ sensors, a Mega and four brushless speed controllers. I need help getting my project to work.
DuaneB:
I bought ten servos XYZ sensors, a Mega and four brushless speed controllers. I need help getting my project to work.
And while the individual making such a post gets the response - "Yep, you're right." they just don't seem to understand...
Back to the first rule of education - It's not the answer, its the process (Let's show some work, folks!)
kf2qd:
DuaneB:
I bought ten servos XYZ sensors, a Mega and four brushless speed controllers. I need help getting my project to work.
- "Yep, you're right."
Hilarious and O so correct. 
Thanks for giving me a good laugh
Best regards
Jantje
Grumpy_Mike:
Funny how a humorous thread about observed laws (note, not rules) has drifted off topic.
Yes I was thinking that. Some people just don't get the joke I suppose.
Maybe that's one of the forum laws.
I won't say LAWS but I usually observe on any given week at least:
one thread asking how to turn serial into numbers or vice-versa,
one problem sketch with at least two delays possibly written in loops,
one problem sketch crashing ram,
four plus "new to all this" members who all want to do something complicated for which they know pretty much nothing about most or all of the parts including how they're supposed interact....
and
a few real gems and a lot of good solid know-how.
You know what I like? When someone joins the forum with some ridiculously complicated project that you think "wow, I wouldn't tackle that" and then, with a bit of help, two week later they post a YouTube video which shows that they worked it all out, overcame their problems, and got the damn thing going.
Yes well that's why we are all here, is it not. 8)
Getting back to the subject heading as I understood it (ie like Murphys Laws)
The 80/20 law: 80% of the threads cover 20% of the problem space.
Well, it is a bit exagerated, but these laws usually mention 80/20 (or 90/10)
Msquare:
Getting back to the subject heading ...
Rule #42.
By the time you get to page 3, everyone has forgotten what the thread is supposed to be about.
Everything in Arduino can have at least one viable answer apart from - is Arduino object orientated ?
Duane B
What was this thread about again? OP can you post the latest code.
Rob
while(no_one_gets_it) {
call(reply #1)
}
if(serious) { think(hum) } else { think(har) }
Osgeld:
... at least read the effing title, hopefully on a good day the entire post, your experience does not equal every possible situation.
That's probably me ... sometimes my eyes glaze over and I start skimming.