It seems to me asking for hacks is closer to the definition to the word "request" than asking whether or not hacks can be made. I agree completely he should be more polite/try and learn for himself/be less presumptuous, but having a "requests" forum is practically begging for posts with those problems. Maybe if it were renamed to something like "Questions" or "Help" or "Looking for...".
But eh, maybe that's why I don't run things around here.