I agree with OP about the way that people in here seem to be so rude.  I saw how you guys jumped all over his ass in another thread where he posed a valid question (about the 51% attack).

I am very interested in Bitcoin.  I have been reading up on it for the past 2 months and have questions that I would like to have answered before I jump in to help get Bitcoin widely adopted.  I run several popular websites and have been considering adding a Bitcoin payment option.

However, if "noobs" like us can't ask legitimate questions without getting slammed by the assholes in these threads, then I'm afraid it's just going to have a chilling effect on my decisions.

Keep it up, jerks.  If you wanna keep being mean to new adopters (which is where both BTC adoption *and* increased per-coin value will come from, btw), then you'll have your own selves partly to blame when you find yourselves playing in a tiny little playground that never got as big as it could have gotten.