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Why downvoting Q&A questions is soooooooooo compelling?

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  • CPalliniC CPallini

    I wonder why so many questions (in my opinion just few of them are really garbage) in the Q&A are downvoted. :)

    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
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    leppie
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    Envy ;P

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    • R Rage

      just kidding ;P

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      :-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]

      In testa che avete, signor di Ceprano?

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      • CPalliniC CPallini

        I wonder why so many questions (in my opinion just few of them are really garbage) in the Q&A are downvoted. :)

        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]

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        Lost User
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        I don't downvote anything at all. To me it seems a bit arrogant to browse through a website and pretend to know everything better.

        A while ago he asked me what he should have printed on my business cards. I said 'Wizard'. I read books which nobody else understand. Then I do something which nobody understands. After that the computer does something which nobody understands. When asked, I say things about the results which nobody understand. But everybody expects miracles from me on a regular basis. Looks to me like the classical definition of a wizard.

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          I don't downvote anything at all. To me it seems a bit arrogant to browse through a website and pretend to know everything better.

          A while ago he asked me what he should have printed on my business cards. I said 'Wizard'. I read books which nobody else understand. Then I do something which nobody understands. After that the computer does something which nobody understands. When asked, I say things about the results which nobody understand. But everybody expects miracles from me on a regular basis. Looks to me like the classical definition of a wizard.

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          leppie
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          CDP1802 wrote:

          and pretend to know everything better.

          Who is pretending? ;P

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            CDP1802 wrote:

            and pretend to know everything better.

            Who is pretending? ;P

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            Ahh, like me you have forgotten far more than most others will ever know :laugh:

            A while ago he asked me what he should have printed on my business cards. I said 'Wizard'. I read books which nobody else understand. Then I do something which nobody understands. After that the computer does something which nobody understands. When asked, I say things about the results which nobody understand. But everybody expects miracles from me on a regular basis. Looks to me like the classical definition of a wizard.

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              I don't downvote anything at all. To me it seems a bit arrogant to browse through a website and pretend to know everything better.

              A while ago he asked me what he should have printed on my business cards. I said 'Wizard'. I read books which nobody else understand. Then I do something which nobody understands. After that the computer does something which nobody understands. When asked, I say things about the results which nobody understand. But everybody expects miracles from me on a regular basis. Looks to me like the classical definition of a wizard.

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              CPallini
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              Downvoting questions (unless they are apparently abuse, etc..) is, in my opinion, pretty silly. :)

              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]

              In testa che avete, signor di Ceprano?

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              • CPalliniC CPallini

                I wonder why so many questions (in my opinion just few of them are really garbage) in the Q&A are downvoted. :)

                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]

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                There are no stupid questions, there are stupid answers. :laugh:

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                • I Igor Kushnarev

                  There are no stupid questions, there are stupid answers. :laugh:

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                  CPallini
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                  :-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]

                  In testa che avete, signor di Ceprano?

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                  • CPalliniC CPallini

                    I wonder why so many questions (in my opinion just few of them are really garbage) in the Q&A are downvoted. :)

                    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]

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                    Because the questions are stupid, homework, demands for code, or all three. What I don't get is when someone asks a question that reveals MILLIONS of hits on google, and someone answers that question saying so gets 1-voted simply because they mentioned google. This happens to me with all too much regularity (and happened to me last night). It's certainly not my fault that some retard is too lazy to perform a simple google search before posting a question that is so nebulous in nature as to be barely identifiable as being about programming at all. This pisses me right the fuck off...

                    ".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

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                    • I Igor Kushnarev

                      There are no stupid questions, there are stupid answers. :laugh:

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                      Igor Kushnarev wrote:

                      There are no stupid questions, there are stupid answers.

                      I don't know what planet *you're* living on... The ratio of stupid questions to stupid answers here is by most measurements - extreme.

                      ".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

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                      • realJSOPR realJSOP

                        Because the questions are stupid, homework, demands for code, or all three. What I don't get is when someone asks a question that reveals MILLIONS of hits on google, and someone answers that question saying so gets 1-voted simply because they mentioned google. This happens to me with all too much regularity (and happened to me last night). It's certainly not my fault that some retard is too lazy to perform a simple google search before posting a question that is so nebulous in nature as to be barely identifiable as being about programming at all. This pisses me right the fuck off...

                        ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
                        -----
                        You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
                        -----
                        "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

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                        I wouldn't downvote a 'stupid' question (if you mean a very simple one) nor the homework one (and I just tag the 'gimmecode'). As about "Google is your friend", that is a damn good answer, in my opinion.

                        John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

                        and happened to me last night

                        BTW: did that make you lose the 200K contest (congratulations in advance for hitting such a target)? :)

                        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]

                        In testa che avete, signor di Ceprano?

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                        • CPalliniC CPallini

                          I wouldn't downvote a 'stupid' question (if you mean a very simple one) nor the homework one (and I just tag the 'gimmecode'). As about "Google is your friend", that is a damn good answer, in my opinion.

                          John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

                          and happened to me last night

                          BTW: did that make you lose the 200K contest (congratulations in advance for hitting such a target)? :)

                          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]

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                          CPallini wrote:

                          BTW: did that make you lose the 200K contest (congratulations in advance for hitting such a target)?

                          Nope, and the retard voting doesn't help. I'm still more than 300 points away from 200K. Nish broke 200K yesterday at about 1pm (local time), and is currently about 1000 points ahead of me.

                          ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
                          -----
                          You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
                          -----
                          "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

                          modified on Friday, January 21, 2011 7:47 AM

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