you can find more innovative ideas than text editor...

On 8/7/06, Paul Herring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 8/7/06, Himanshu Agarwal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > --- In [email protected], "Tamas Marki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > On 07/08/06, Himanshu Agarwal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > The idea may not be innovative, but positively what is the purpose of
> > > > all the above replies. I'm sure next time a (new) person will
> > > > definitely hesitate before posting on group.
> > > > I am sure you people are masters of the technology and are the top one
> > > > in the world (and perhaps you all have even taught Mr. Ritchie "C")
> > > > but please care for others.
> > >
> > > In my culture we have a saying that can be translated to something like
> > > "Help yourself and god will help you too."
> > > It is of no use to spoon-feed everything to someone who doesn't have a
> > > clue. In this particular thread the OP should have search the web for
> > > source code, or attempt something on their own. We can't give answers
> > > to broad questions like this one.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Tamas Marki - http://toma.dotgeek.org
> > >
> > So what's the conclusion? What is the real positive solution to a "Do
> > my homework" post?
>
>
> To be honest, this wasn't a 'do my homework' question (I didn't mean to
> imply that with my last mail - just giving an example of another problem we
> have on here) - this was more of a time sink question (See
> http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#explicit)
>
> I guess we can simply ignore them and next time
> > they won't appear here...
> >
>
> Thing is, the questions are always being asked by people new to the group.
> Despite the requirement of netiquette to 'lurk' or read past posts before
> jumping right in to get a feel for a group, people fail to do this.
>
> Thomas - could we perhaps have a multi-choice questionnaire based on the
> Smart Questions article which has to be passed before allowing posts through
> from the moderation queue? :D (j/k of course - the admin to implement it
> would be a nightmare!)
>
>
> --
> PJH
>
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>
>


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