"Google it!" button!
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Given the rapid growth rate of people demanding answers to the most basic questions, such as "what is LINQ: introduction and suitable example", I think it would be prudent to add a "Google it!" button next to the reply link in our message boards which would send them to google.com. I think it would also be appropriately humorous to have this button include some derogatory yet funny quip about the brainlessness and incompetence of the poster being replied to. It would also be quite enjoyable for all of us plagued with having to respond or even look at these demands if said poster was, oh, banned from posting for a day, with a nice clear message as to why they are banned? Perhaps we could encourage a return to the older culture of CodeProject...where people actually asked questions about challenging problems so those who respond can actually be interested in responding. Perhaps we can have a little CodeProject contest to see who can write the best engine for generating "humorous derogatory quips" to go along with the google.com link. :-D
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Given the rapid growth rate of people demanding answers to the most basic questions, such as "what is LINQ: introduction and suitable example", I think it would be prudent to add a "Google it!" button next to the reply link in our message boards which would send them to google.com. I think it would also be appropriately humorous to have this button include some derogatory yet funny quip about the brainlessness and incompetence of the poster being replied to. It would also be quite enjoyable for all of us plagued with having to respond or even look at these demands if said poster was, oh, banned from posting for a day, with a nice clear message as to why they are banned? Perhaps we could encourage a return to the older culture of CodeProject...where people actually asked questions about challenging problems so those who respond can actually be interested in responding. Perhaps we can have a little CodeProject contest to see who can write the best engine for generating "humorous derogatory quips" to go along with the google.com link. :-D
That's funny. Your idea about "humorous derogatory quips" would be amusing to some, but the problem is that sometimes it is not possible to determine if the poster is stupid (and should be looking for a different profession) or ignorant (as we all are, about some things). Still, I think the idea for prompt to search google is a good one. Maybe above the text box, there could be Would you like to try google first?, along with an edit field for question, and a google button.
Best wishes, Hans
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Given the rapid growth rate of people demanding answers to the most basic questions, such as "what is LINQ: introduction and suitable example", I think it would be prudent to add a "Google it!" button next to the reply link in our message boards which would send them to google.com. I think it would also be appropriately humorous to have this button include some derogatory yet funny quip about the brainlessness and incompetence of the poster being replied to. It would also be quite enjoyable for all of us plagued with having to respond or even look at these demands if said poster was, oh, banned from posting for a day, with a nice clear message as to why they are banned? Perhaps we could encourage a return to the older culture of CodeProject...where people actually asked questions about challenging problems so those who respond can actually be interested in responding. Perhaps we can have a little CodeProject contest to see who can write the best engine for generating "humorous derogatory quips" to go along with the google.com link. :-D
Jon Rista wrote:
Perhaps we can have a little CodeProject contest to see who can write the best engine for generating "humorous derogatory quips" to go along with the google.com link
Now that idea I like! As to the google it link, I reckon I need to make the 'auto-search an answer' suggestion that was made, oh, years ago, a higher priority. Let's stop dumb questions being answered in the first place.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Jon Rista wrote:
Perhaps we can have a little CodeProject contest to see who can write the best engine for generating "humorous derogatory quips" to go along with the google.com link
Now that idea I like! As to the google it link, I reckon I need to make the 'auto-search an answer' suggestion that was made, oh, years ago, a higher priority. Let's stop dumb questions being answered in the first place.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP