I so get dragged into situations like this...
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That's where I'm at right now with my 4 year old. After 20 minutes, I resort to that, or "Just because".
- S 50 cups of coffee and you know it's on! Code, follow, or get out of the way.
Doesn't hurt to say once in a while "I dunno son, because despite what your Mum might think, I'm not God and I don't know everything"
"I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken." -- Oliver Cromwell
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Good to know. I keep reminding myself "that's how they learn", so I answer until I can't stand it anymore, then redirect to mom. :)
- S 50 cups of coffee and you know it's on! Code, follow, or get out of the way.
After they ask about 100 questions, you should ask them one of the questions they asked about 50 questions ago. If they can't answer, tell them they aren't paying attention and you aren't going to keep answering their questions if they don't renember your answers. And if they manage to answer correctly, then keep pumping them full of information![^] ;P
Visual Studio is an excellent GUIIDE.
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I drag people into those situations when I see that they are bragging... ;P
Pravarakhya wrote:
I drag people into those situations when I see that they are bragging...
heh. A man after my own heart.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Nice one!! I will hang it up in my office. Thanks for sharing. Cheers
You have the thought that modern physics just relay on assumptions, that somehow depends on a smile of a cat, which isn’t there.( Albert Einstein)
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After they ask about 100 questions, you should ask them one of the questions they asked about 50 questions ago. If they can't answer, tell them they aren't paying attention and you aren't going to keep answering their questions if they don't renember your answers. And if they manage to answer correctly, then keep pumping them full of information![^] ;P
Visual Studio is an excellent GUIIDE.
I usually tell them to ask a complete question. Simply saying "Why?" is not enough. The response "Why what?" is a good starter, there. Then, if their question makes sense, I will answer it in an age-appropriate fashion. But as soon as they stop making valid questions, or are unable to grasp the complexity, I cut them off. Actually, this should be required for adults, as well.
Codemonkeys don't do it at all. Too busy coding.
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:laugh:
It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini
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Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
Book: Devils by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
That sounds more like work than for relaxation...or do I have the wrong impression of Dostoevsky? I've always found Russian writers a little slow going.
Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p
Its quite dense I have to agree. sometimes it gets a bit too much and I take a break and read a Discworld novel!
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After they ask about 100 questions, you should ask them one of the questions they asked about 50 questions ago. If they can't answer, tell them they aren't paying attention and you aren't going to keep answering their questions if they don't renember your answers. And if they manage to answer correctly, then keep pumping them full of information![^] ;P
Visual Studio is an excellent GUIIDE.
aspdotnetdev wrote:
if they don't renember your answers.
Do you, by any chance, have a part-time job as a ventriloquist?
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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aspdotnetdev wrote:
if they don't renember your answers.
Do you, by any chance, have a part-time job as a ventriloquist?
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
Mr. Hand Says: :thumbsup: Of course not, what a silly suggestion!
Visual Studio is an excellent GUIIDE.
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I'm sure that cartoonist was watching me and my wife. :) I'm still learning how to answer her questions properly (see another reply "Magic"). :sigh: