A better way to do this: If someone asks a question that can be answered with a Google search, then you might either just post a Google link, like this one... http://www.google.com/search?q=Knoppix+3.6+iso ...or you might ignore the question. If you really want to help, you might ask for clarification -- maybe you misunderstood the question or it was not well formed. If you make sarcastic comments about the skills of the person who posed the question, it makes it look like you are showing off -- "look how easy it was for me!" It definitely seems rude. Then it takes up extra time for you, first to compose a sarcastic comment, then to respond to people who are offended by it, etc. Thus, people who write such sarcastic replies to legitimate questions must be either inexperienced with email lists or they just can't find good ways to spend their time. Mike