Sorry you see it that way.
I generally like to get a feel for whether a question is just idle curiosity, or whether there is a real purpose behind it. So, I ask questions.
Depending on the answers I get, I've been known to spend several days or even weeks researching and experimenting to find solutions to interesting problems, but I don't much care to expend my energies unless I feel that questioner is really serious about needing a solution, and is going to put in at least as much energy as I am going to.
No offense taken, but I hope your not offended when I say that your answer didn't exactly inspire me to pursue this further.
Examine what is said, not who speaks.
"Efficiency is intelligent laziness." -David Dunham
"When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong." -Richard Buckminster Fuller
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