Chris Faylor wrote:
[I see the same problem posted on stackoverflow. I'll never understand why
people don't just go to the place where they downloaded the software for help
first]
(I only just spotted this thread from cgf's linking to it; I suspect I missed
the original due to being AFK for
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 04:19:02PM +, Adam Dinwoodie wrote:
Chris Faylor wrote:
[I see the same problem posted on stackoverflow. I'll never understand
why people don't just go to the place where they downloaded the
software for help first]
(I only just spotted this thread from cgf's linking
On 4/29/2013 11:26, Christopher Faylor wrote:
the I'm looking for
my keys here because the light is better type of mentality to be very
counterproductive.
More like, I'm looking for my keys on this street because there are
bullies on the next street over.
Bullies on SO get downvoted to
On 04/29/2013 04:28 PM, Warren Young wrote:
On 4/29/2013 11:26, Christopher Faylor wrote:
The net is full of bad and outdated advice about Cygwin.
Stack Overflow gives you the tools to fix that. Post comments, post
better answers, edit incorrect answers, downvote bad answers, vote to
Witness here the internet phenomenon where a one sentence throwaway line
made four months ago can cause multi-paragraph responses.
I'll try to make the point again: If you are looking for help for
software then the closer you can get to the source of the software the
better the help is likely to
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 04:36:44PM -0400, Tim Prince wrote:
On 04/29/2013 04:28 PM, Warren Young wrote:
On 4/29/2013 11:26, Christopher Faylor wrote:
The net is full of bad and outdated advice about Cygwin.
Stack Overflow gives you the tools to fix that. Post comments, post
better answers,
On 4/29/2013 19:42, Christopher Faylor wrote:
I'll try to make the point again: If you are looking for help for
software then the closer you can get to the source of the software the
better the help is likely to be.
For purely technical questions, not answered already, yes.
We see a lot of
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