In fact, "all" most people who post here have to do is find another
place for the information they seek.
If you don't know or don't want to answer a question then just ignore
the question. There is no need to come up with a snarky, foul-mouthed,
childish reply.
The question was well within the "mandate" of this newsgroup.
If you felt the question could be answered via the Canon web site, you
could have indicated that in a civil manner if you so desired. And,
should another person wish to answer the question, they could do that,
as well.
When some people's egos can only survive if they are continually
distastefully unpleasant to other people, they should probably take a
good look in the mirror and figure out what their problem is.
I don't find "Miss" P.... lipping off particularly ingratiating of
her/him/it, but it certainly implies a very damaged ego or sense of
self-esteem that they would find it necessary to attach a total stranger
on an anonymous newsgroup, just because they asked a question that
he/she/it felt had an answer available elsewhere.
He/it/she thinks the person who asked it was lazy? Who the heck asked
it/she/he what they thought. And what make he/she/it's comment any more
valuable use of bandwidth than the original question?
Don't like the question, don't waste your brain cells responding then.
Let someone else decide they might wish to. I guess if no one responds,
then the poster might just look elsewhere. That too, if up to the
poster to decide.
Art