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I'm not sure we need/want the accepted stuff.
If it's there, yes, it is in hands of the OP and nobody else.
IMO more than one answer can be accepted; answers can complement each other, or offer alternatives.
The OP can ask what he wants, different people can answer whatever they like, but the OP would only be allowed to accept one answer? I fail to see the logic in that. Programming isn't math, there sometimes are several perfectly good answers, and the OP may well be capable of recognizing that.
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
I only read formatted code with indentation, so please use PRE tags for code snippets.
I'm not participating in frackin' Q&A, so if you want my opinion, ask away in a real forum (or on my profile page).
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Luc Pattyn wrote: Programming isn't math
Even in Mathematics, a problem can be solved in n different ways. 
..Go Green..
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Small detail: If I make a comment to my own answer, then I am sent an email notification.
Isn't it possible to check if the answer poster is the same person as the one commenting so you can avoid sending emails to yourself?
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Johnny J. wrote: avoid sending emails to yourself?
How else am I to feel wanted?
Henry Minute
Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"
“I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
Why do programmers often confuse Halloween and Christmas?
Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec.
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Johnny J. wrote: Get a dog...
I daren't do that. The neighbours already complain about me barking all night!
Henry Minute
Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"
“I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
Why do programmers often confuse Halloween and Christmas?
Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec.
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I've noticed that quite often (especially with new questions in QA), two people will answer the question at precisely the same time, with basically the same answer.
While it's not a disadvantage for the OP to receive the same answer twice, it seems like a waste of time for one of the two people submitting the answer.
What do the rest of you think? Do you agree or do you think it's unimportant/irrelevant?
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Irrelevent.
Just means that great minds think alike, each gives confidence to the OP that they are right, and having things worded slightly differently may help further the understanding.
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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Dalek Dave wrote: Just means that great minds think alike, each gives confidence to the OP that they are right, and having things worded slightly differently may help further the understanding.
That I agree with you about, but I might not want to spend my time composing a lengthy answer if I knew that somebody else was doing the same...
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Then attend Jedi School and learn Mind Reading!
I can see no other way around it!
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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Ah, the force is strong in this one...
We're programmers, right? There's always a way!
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Dalek Dave wrote: I can see no other way around it!
Really? How about "allocating a question", giving you sole answer rights (for a limited amount of time), so nobody else can start typing an answer. Probably opens up a new box of cans of worms...
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
I only read formatted code with indentation, so please use PRE tags for code snippets.
I'm not participating in frackin' Q&A, so if you want my opinion, ask away in a real forum (or on my profile page).
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Luc Pattyn wrote: How about "allocating a question", giving you sole answer rights
Something like this did exist in the early days, when it would show a message like "Locked by MrX, lock expires in 10 minutes", or similar wording. I suspect it caused some troubles and was thus removed.
It's time for a new signature.
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Yes, massive queues must have been forming with millions of members waiting in line for an opportunity to provide an answer. It would be a reverse denial-of-service defense situation, wouldn't it?
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
I only read formatted code with indentation, so please use PRE tags for code snippets.
I'm not participating in frackin' Q&A, so if you want my opinion, ask away in a real forum (or on my profile page).
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It still exists for edit's, I never knew it exited for answering tho
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Maybe that's what I was thinking of. 
It's time for a new signature.
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The lock message only applied to editing a question or answer. It never applied to adding new answers.
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There was a time when I got things wrong once a year, then it went to once a month, it's rapidly approaching once an hour. Plz send sample code for gud memory ... its urgent, I think!
It's time for a new signature.
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Wish I had some to spare..
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I've got just the code you want. Somewhere around here, or was it in SourceSafe. No maybe on that external drive that crashed. Hmmm, what was I looking for ...
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Agree with Dave, the more answers the more confidence being correct or of value.
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Agree with two Dave's... 
Irrelevant!
It's fine, if we have multiple similar answer at same time.
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Sandeep Mewara wrote: Agree with two Dave's...
No....please ones enough!
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I've seen it happen here as well any many other websites. I do think it's relevant but I don't see any good way of getting around it either. Even if you knew someone was posting an answer at the same time as you, you have no way of knowing it will be anything like yours.
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And there are no reputation points for mind reading, yet.
Don't bother posting a reply, I know what you're thinking ... 
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