Why not just help the guy out? I've been reading these forums for a couple of weeks and what I really liked was that people who knew more about a particular subject actually helped.
Not knowing his particular circumstance...fries with that? Is that really necessary?
You mentioned you had been here a couple of weeks, a lot of us have been here a few years now. Time after time, we get students and they want us to do the work for them and they show no effort on their part to even begin to try to figure it out. So after awhile, we get a little flippant with our remarks. If the above inquirer had shown a little effort on his part, he could have searched the forums here or even clicked on the learn plcs link at the top.
If he was still stuck and posted the code that he has so far, most of us will then help.