Actually he has a point. The folks on this board are pretty rough on new members. Almost seems like frat pledge hazing or something.
there are some new members that I have actually been surprised when they actually know for a forum works, and i thank them for that, most new members dont bother to search for anything, they dont bother to read through the first page of threads let alone a couple of pages, they just sign up and asked a simple question that has been covered a bunch of time because they need to be spoon fed, get the answer they wanted and then never return.
its kinds like raising kids, if you let them get away with everything when they are young/new, you will pay for it later... however if you keep them inline, then they are much more likely to become contributing members. its better to rub their face in it like a dog that just pissed the rug, so they can learn the proper way to get the help they need
as far as new members getting their sh!t jumper every time they dont search, most of them will say, "is it really that hard to just tell us again if you know the answer" and in actuality, every worthless duplicate thread clogs up the search results and makes it even harder for us to search through to find the good thread to share with the new people. they are actually only hurting themselves in the long run. also the smartest people who the subject the best, will get tired of always typing out long response over and over again, sooner or later they will just stop responding at all and then your going to get half right answers from people who have only heard second hand, is that really the help you want to get.
the worst thing a new member could do, it creat a thread asking a question that has been well covered in one of the stickys, the best thing a new person could do if at least read through the stickys, find the one that pertains to them (no one ever gets their sh!t jumped for asking a question that never comes up) and if they are un-clear about something they read or their question wasn't fully answered, then they should ask it there instead of creating a new one. that way they actually help out to make that thread even more complete and better for the next person.