Do people search any more?
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AFAICT there is only one remedy: not to answer the question when it does not show any sign of effort already spent. Unfortunately some people seem unable to restrain themselves and provide an answer anyway... Same goes for lack of readability in the question (as in: no PRE tags...). :)
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Please use <PRE> tags for code snippets, they preserve indentation, improve readability, and make me actually look at the code.
Not using the PRE tag is something that gets me also.
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This is an especially bad problem here in the Q/A section. I would bet that at least 80% of all the questions posted could be answered with a simple google search.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
I would bet that at least 80% of all the questions posted could be answered with a simple google search.
Don't give out the secret of scoring 'reputation' points. :rolleyes: :)
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
I would bet that at least 80% of all the questions posted could be answered with a simple google search.
Don't give out the secret of scoring 'reputation' points. :rolleyes: :)
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
I answered a question this morning about faxing. I provided the guy with TWO search strings that came back with more than half a million results (combined), and he STILL didn't want to use google.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 -
I notice that there are a lot of similar questions on this (Q & A) and other sites that a simple search would turn up an answer or at least a direction. One site I frequent seems to have the same five questions (restated) over and over. Granted Google will give you junk for the first several answers but come on, am I expecting too much from people? Do not get me started on Google not giving you the answer right away. I search for a company name and even though the name is in the URL Google puts it on page two...
You must be new here :)
Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. I also do Android Programming as I find it a refreshing break from the MS. "And they, since they Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs" -- Robert Frost
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You must be new here :)
Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. I also do Android Programming as I find it a refreshing break from the MS. "And they, since they Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs" -- Robert Frost
Yep six days newer than you. :laugh:
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I answered a question this morning about faxing. I provided the guy with TWO search strings that came back with more than half a million results (combined), and he STILL didn't want to use google.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997I get univoted when I suggest a site.
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I notice that there are a lot of similar questions on this (Q & A) and other sites that a simple search would turn up an answer or at least a direction. One site I frequent seems to have the same five questions (restated) over and over. Granted Google will give you junk for the first several answers but come on, am I expecting too much from people? Do not get me started on Google not giving you the answer right away. I search for a company name and even though the name is in the URL Google puts it on page two...
Many folk not only do not want to do their own searches, they do not want to write their own code. Just providing a link to an explanation of how something is done does not make them happy. They want finished code that does exactly what they want and they want it fast. Indeed, I have noticed a direct correlation between how urgentz a questions is and the lack of willingness to do their own work. :sigh:
Just because the code works, it doesn't mean that it is good code.
modified on Wednesday, February 9, 2011 10:24 AM
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I get univoted when I suggest a site.
I got you beat. I get univoted for just breathing.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 -
I got you beat. I get univoted for just breathing.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997Have a five to offset! :laugh:
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I got you beat. I get univoted for just breathing.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 -
I notice that there are a lot of similar questions on this (Q & A) and other sites that a simple search would turn up an answer or at least a direction. One site I frequent seems to have the same five questions (restated) over and over. Granted Google will give you junk for the first several answers but come on, am I expecting too much from people? Do not get me started on Google not giving you the answer right away. I search for a company name and even though the name is in the URL Google puts it on page two...
No... no one searches anymore... Sucks, but it is true... and yeah, I get your comments on Google too. They are really starting to get my goat lately. Just pulling up a list of results is not only forcing the actual site URL down to a latter page but you also get that freaking picture of the site now when you hover over a link. Its really starting to get annoying. I also need to understand why I need to keep trying to kill the GoogleToolbarNotifier and the other things that it wants to have running in the background all the time. Why can't I just use their freaking toolbar when I want to and then when I go to their site have them tell me THEN that I have an older version and may want to upgrade. Man...
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I notice that there are a lot of similar questions on this (Q & A) and other sites that a simple search would turn up an answer or at least a direction. One site I frequent seems to have the same five questions (restated) over and over. Granted Google will give you junk for the first several answers but come on, am I expecting too much from people? Do not get me started on Google not giving you the answer right away. I search for a company name and even though the name is in the URL Google puts it on page two...
djj55 wrote:
Do not get me started on Google not giving you the answer right away. I search for a company name and even though the name is in the URL Google puts it on page two...
Well, what do you expect... they are, of course, busy getting first page results for "hiybbprqag" and similar phrases :rolleyes: