>>>>> "Jason" == Jason Corbett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Jason> I consider myself to be relatively human, and assume that others who
Jason> answer questions here do, too. ;-) IMO, saying "thanks" is good
Jason> manners here just like in the rest of the world.
I don't mind not being thanked.
I *do* mind when people answer questions they aren't quite qualified
to answer, because then I have to answer to them as well, and their
wrong answer becomes something that might be picked up by search
engines and propogated to the next poor fool that asks a similar
question.
Maybe this is fresh on my mind because of an incident earlier today on
monks. But it's my biggest pet peeves about self-supporting user
groups... lousy information spreading like a bad virus. :(
I haven't seen much of that here recently, but please keep in mind
that there are few people on the planet that can predict nearly all
Perl code without actually typing "p e r l" to run it. Even the
version of Perl I have installed in my head is buggy as well, and if I
have the slightest doubt, I either flag the code as "untested" or I
try running it until I get it right.
Just another guy who is officially becoming a crotchety old man
("you kids, get off my lawn... and turn that music down!"), :)
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