[Curmudgeon]

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I would suggest you lurk for awhile before stepping in. It is one of the best tech site out there that I know of, but the sites admin. Does not tolerate violations of there rules.

[rmackintosh]

Here is a perfect example. I have discussed with another board mod about the level in which we are willing to help others who we compete with.

I've been working on something that is generally pretty damn simple. BUT, I have put HOUR UPON HOUR of research into it. Maybe it's just me but in this instance, for others to catch up, they need to bust butt, not have the info given away by me.

(I MAY OR MAY NOT GET TO THE FACT THAT I'M NOT THE JERK THIS MAY MAKE ME SEEM LIKE TO SOME)


What do you think????

Lonnie...

I TOTALLY agree with you. If a competitor came up to me and asked my help with fixing something on his car.....all over that.....THAT TRAIT COST ME A CHAMPIONSHIP...but I would still do it. If they came up and asked "...how do you like X......" or "...how does Y work on your car..." I would ALSO answer honestly and accurately about such things.

HOWEVER, if I had come up with a super trick idea that put me ahead of my ITE competitors by a second or two all of a sudden, I CERTAINLY wouldn't GIVE IT AWAY to them. If it was something simple like "Hey Randy, I noticed since you bolted on the Hoosiers, you are 2 seconds a lap faster....what do you think?" I would probably say, "hey, you are right....I think Hoosiers are the ticket and if you can swing 'em, I'ld do it..."

But if I spent time and effort building a better mousetrap be it suspension/engine/etc that was the ticket for me....I would SURELY downplay it and not give it to them...might say "....yeah, I did some motor work in the offseason..." and NOT let him know about the trick heads or supercharger I bolted on....there is a difference between helping your competitors out and giving them the info to beat you. Now since I "gave away" my championship....I am OBVIOUSLY (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/banghead.gif) ...on the more GIVING side of things than I should be, but there is a line of where helping is nothing other than giving away comp secrets that YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO...

...don't worry...you're no jerk.... (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/2thumbs.gif)