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I'd certainly agree with many of those points but I do think bad questions fall into certain groupings:
Group 1 - Lazyitis:
I want to write something to progressively map the changes in a series of MRI scans/predict stock market trends/work out the weather for next Christmas. What I have tried: Nothing.
I would advocate rejecting these mercilessly (if only to save Richard, NPC or yourself the trouble of a witty response).
Group 2 - "I'm not quite sure what's going on"
I'm trying to do x but I don't know the name of the concept and I'm struggling to explain what I'm asking. What I have tried: I've tried stuff but I'm getting nowhere.
Those, I would keep, as the poster obviously needs help but let them know that they're going to have to provide a few more details before they can get and maybe point them at some good beginner articles. These are maybe the sort that were treated too harshly in the past.
Group 3 - I CNT XPRZ MYSELFIE
These are a bit trickier because behind the complete lack of communications protocols (ESPECIALLY THE SHOUTING) there may or may not be a coherent and answerable question within. Obviously we have to factor in that not everyone is first-language English but maybe there should be a certain standard below which resubmission is requested.
I certainly don't advocate over-moderation - to me the beauty of Code Project is that it doesn't suffer from the same (often well-intended) Stack Overflow obsessions with requirements for this, that and the other. It's great to have a place where people can ask a question along the lines of "Can anyone see why this doesn't work?" without being required to accompany it with a dissertation or be made to feel inferior for daring to ask such a lowly question.
So, yes, generally I'd agree that CP should be the kind of nurturing environment that SO isn't but against that, there's a real danger that the QA just gets so full of bad Qs that no-one bothers to look at the As.
Slogans aren't solutions.
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Name recalled in funky reggae collection (9)
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Nope.
Slogans aren't solutions.
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EASTEREGG?
Anagram of REGGAE SET and it's often a reminder who wrote the software?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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That's quite an ingenious wrong answer!
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See above
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Nope.
Slogans aren't solutions.
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Clue format is: word-play (2 elements) => definition.
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__eman___
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An alternative word for name word fit the pattern (think graffiti).
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Out of time, I'm afraid - you are up again tomorrow.
So what the elephant was it?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Aggregate
Recalled name = tag spelled backwards = GAT
In funky reggae = placed inside an anagram of reggae = AGGREE
Giving us AGGREGATE = collection.
I will make tomorrow's easier.
Slogans aren't solutions.
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I was nowhere!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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So close. I thought it was segregate but could not think how it would be opposite of name.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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Zafar Sultan wrote: Take a look at the comment section.[^] how?
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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The number of times I've want to post an answer like "Why don't you try a career in aged care rather than programming"...
Cheers,
Mick
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It doesn't matter how often or hard you fall on your arse, eventually you'll roll over and land on your feet.
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Or teach him to ask "Do you want fries with that?"
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Ha ha, a good one... They will fail there I think because a kind of certificate/diploma is needed for this, but for programming ... nope...
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Just use if else ...
If (CareerInAgedCare.Possible)
{
Post("Why don't you try a career in aged care rather than programming");
}
else
{
PostRealAnswer();
}
Tom
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Midi_Mick wrote: to post an answer like
I got reported for being abusive because I told one person that they should box up their computer and take it back to the store and get a refund. Of course, that was only slightly better than the one guy that was asking how to do his final year project, him I told to go to the registrars office and see if he could get a refund on his college education because clearly he learned nothing there. Libs didn't like that one either.
Speed of sound - 1100 ft/sec
Speed of light - 186,000 mi/sec
Speed of stupid - instantaneous.
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