Is Quick Answers a weirdo honey trap?
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Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:
5. Remember the times when they were beginners and when they asked questions which were as silly.
For myself at least, the irony is that when I started (in 1994) there wasn't anything like CP around. I had to buy books/magazines and either learn from the book, study code, or by trial and error.
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When I started (1976), there were no computer magazines. I think the printing press wasn't even invented.
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Ya, I hear you... By the time I got access to USENET, I already knew how to program... And posting a question that effectively asked readers to implement your idea was no more likely to produce a friendly response than asking the same on CP today. OTOH, asking which books to read worked pretty well... Even if the answer was a terse, "read the FAQ".
"Urgent response" doesn't really apply on a 14.4 dial-up connection :)
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Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:
or asking for homework help
Homework question are not de-facto invalid; a well formed homework question can be fun to answer (without giving out the complete solution).
Watched code never compiles.
Maximilien wrote:
Homework question are not de-facto invalid; a well formed homework question can be fun to answer (without giving out the complete solution).
FFY. Fun is fun. It is'n matter of being educational. :)
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i wonder how many UrgentCodePlzNow letters BYTE magazine received, back in the day...
Unfortunately, I don't know how many letters wrote Jim at that time. :-D
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Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:
or asking for homework help
Homework question are not de-facto invalid; a well formed homework question can be fun to answer (without giving out the complete solution).
Watched code never compiles.
I gave this a 4 just because someone else gave it a 4, and so it seems like the fun thing to do. And yeah I do agree.
Jeremy Falcon
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I think quick answers has the potential to improve the quality of the site, if the senior members just follow some basic steps. 1. Delete the useless questions about creating a virus in VB6 or similar ones or asking for homework help. 2. Improve the questions, if they look a genuine but the language seems to be broken. 3. Ignore the questions which they don't understand 4. Stop ridiculing and making a big deal of "improper" questions by posting them in the lounge 5. Remember the times when they were beginners and when they asked questions which were as silly.
:thumbsup: Chris needs to make this post as 'sticky thread' in the lounge for few weeks... :)
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Unfortunately, I don't know how many letters wrote Jim at that time. :-D
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
[My articles]I couldn't write! I was still such a child!
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I gave this a 4 just because someone else gave it a 4, and so it seems like the fun thing to do. And yeah I do agree.
Jeremy Falcon
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I couldn't write! I was still such a child!
¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF! Personal 3D projects Just Say No to Web 2 Point Blow
Cheater! I found this one: "plz plz gimme bytez codez --
Little Jim" :-DIf the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
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:thumbsup: Chris needs to make this post as 'sticky thread' in the lounge for few weeks... :)
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Ya, I hear you... By the time I got access to USENET, I already knew how to program... And posting a question that effectively asked readers to implement your idea was no more likely to produce a friendly response than asking the same on CP today. OTOH, asking which books to read worked pretty well... Even if the answer was a terse, "read the FAQ".
Well, I got ripped a new one when I asked a C++ usenet group how to create a window. Along the way, I learned about C++, and I learned to respect the help I got from people who plainly knew a lot more than me, and offered me help for free.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
