"not sure how it applies to someone asking a question."
Maybe it's some of the old Usenet die-hards who think you really ought to do your own research first and only then ask you question. At this point they can then snarkily show off their superior knowledge of the subject or even more snarkily point out that you didn't search properly because they answered that very question on the 4th September 1991 and it should have show up in the results if you knew how to use a search engine properly :-)
Biting the hand that feeds IT
