bowhack, I myself was pretty much clueless when I found this forum. Hang around long enough and your bound to soak something up like I did as these guys know their chit and are very happy to scatter it freely...
That's a compliment, by the way...
A bit of technical knowledge allows you to make the right choices for what you are looking for. Until I started posting and reading here, I didn't even know what I was looking for...