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OriginalGriff wrote: he's a predator
Ours brings the best prey to my wife... She loves it
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Picture this: Christmas Day, and I'm running to schedule for getting the dinner done: Turkey in Sous Vide, Potatoes in the fridge, one of the stuffings ready, other in progress, pudding ready to go on to steam, starter not started, loads left to do.
In comes Dij looking very happy with himself. And drops his prey in the kitchen. A mouse. A live mouse. Which (understandably) runs away as fast as it's little legs will carry it...
After an exhaustive search it was located inside one of the wheels of the carpet cleaner and firmly ejected from the house...
Just what I needed, really!
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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1. Shave 1/2 of cat; it doesn't matter which 1/2
2. Saturate furry parts with kerosene
3. Ignite kerosene
4. As fleas flee across shaved parts to escape flames, stab them with an icepick
Problem solved.
Will Rogers never met me.
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Roger Wright wrote: stab them with an icepic
Man! Do Native Americans really have ice that small?
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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You could post this as a tip - it's a sure fire winner!
speramus in juniperus
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The only good cat is a dead cat.
Unless there is a need for a moving target.
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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Do you at least like dogs?
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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I love hot dogs. Does that count?
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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PJ Arends wrote: Unless there is a need for a moving target.
Rabbits make better targets, and better stew.
Will Rogers never met me.
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I really wonder why people would like such a selfish and ungrateful animal. Cats are evil.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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I was expecting sunshine, and I got rain!
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Be careful - "sunshine" and "elephant" are words with special meanings round here...
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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Sorry, just an observation of the local forecast.
Not much happening in the lounge today.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Sure, why not?!?
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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So, every now and then I get this urge to be helpful. Pretty soon, each time, I realize I am quite useless. But, each time, in this little duration I notice few things that I don't like.
I know ranting about SO is, well, customary here. But still, there is one thing I noticed which I think is blatantly wrong. People there just answer what is asked for. Rarely you get a response stating, "Why not do it this way, it's better?".
Question is, is it just a matter of website culture or the good being lurk here? Regardless of fact that Q & A here is beyond compare to SO.
"Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[ ^]
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Culture, I think.
They seem to not actually care much about what the user is trying to do - just that they get "upvotes" for the answer they give - so giving an alternative solution that the user didn't ask for is less likely because it won't get the votes they want. And besides, if you don't "toe the party line" and you have the temerity to disagree with the clique by (for example) presenting a better solution than they did, your posts somehow mysteriously disappear from time to time...
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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Well, it is evident that I am not a genius nor I am an average guy. But, I have posted few times stating what you want is not what is correct and I my response or comment was never dealt with. As stupid as I am, I know I was right.
It is very interesting that I told someone here at CP that you shouldn't be doing this and OP came up with response that he already knows that but he is being forced to do things a certain way. what I like here is that people don't blindly tell you how to tip a cow. They tell you it's difficult if not impossible.
"Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[ ^]
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Really? I'm always seeing people "answering" the question by telling the asker they shouldn't do that, or they really need to be doing this or that, instead of just answering the question asked.
Same here, of course.
Annoying.
If someone wants to offer other methods or suggestions, do it after answering the actual question. The asker might have a reason for doing it the way you don't think they should.
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I don't know but majority responses are pretty useless in long run. Of course SO is a great resource for rare issues but for trivial problem that beginners face, it sucks.
"Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[ ^]
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I (we?) didn't just came here to find solution to specific problem but to learn and teach...
So when someone come up with a question of "how to read registry from JavaScript" - it's obvious that he missing some important part of the coding thing, so instead of just telling him "No, you can't", you have to explain him the reasons for you no and also tell him that his looking to the wrong direction while searching for solution...
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Please note: "No, You can't" is NOT the correct answer to the question, even if you take the 'just answer what is asked for' approach: the OP asked for 'how', hence you have to explain the reason why he/she cannot do that (and you might also suggest an alternative).
Veni, vidi, vici.
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You right I was not too precise while phrasing the sample, but you got the idea...
I can show you a handful of questions where the OP ask for his/her homework solution - most cases are very simple for the experienced one, but in most cases there will be no answer here to that kind of question (except Griff's pre-design lecture). In SO the answer will be copy-pasted just to take the points and the OP is out of competition...
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GenJerDan wrote: If someone wants to offer other methods or suggestions, do it after answering the actual question. The asker might have a reason for doing it the way you don't think they should.
Well, I completely agree with you (until someone else will suggest a better way to do it ).
Veni, vidi, vici.
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