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Q And A Gripe Of The Day.
So, I've been dipping my toes in the water of answering Q&A questions, having rage quit when some decided that it should become his monopoly. I've had a few answers and no messages informing me that my answer is incomplete and to see the near identical answer they have provided. So far so good, I might keep continuing.
Yesterday I saw a newbie type question. From the context of replies he has managed to find the MSDN page needed, but not the answer to his question (which is on the page, buried in a classname). Instead of pointing out the answer on the page, he's been told there is more-or-less something wrong with him if he can't find it. Good job we don't need new members given that at least some of them will become the wise old elves of the future.
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Keith Barrow wrote: having rage quit
Noone has me quit !
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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Rage wrote: Noone has me quit !
Sorry for the inconvenience, I'm going to fix that soon. 
Veni, vidi, vici.
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I would say you need to provide a link, BUT...
You're description is enough for everyone who visits QA to know that it was either OG when he's blapped out on Lanolin Hooch or The Other One.
Is it the later by chance? 
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You mean...
He Who Must Not Be Named?
Lord Voldewart?
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I don't know, no one will name him...
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That's because if you name him, he appears...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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and if you yell KAS he disappears?
I will never again mention that Dalek Dave was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel.
The console is a black place [taken from Q&A]
How to ask a question
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No, he tells you you are an idiot for saying it wrong... 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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If he must not be named then who named him? 
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His mom.
I will never again mention that Dalek Dave was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel.
The console is a black place [taken from Q&A]
How to ask a question
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She would not dare... 
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I thought he who must not be named was the InformationenAnzeigeKonig?
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Probably the SAcKer !
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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I see you have encountered SAK.
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In the old days it really could be anyone, or rather they were worse...
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I actually disagree. In the old times there were more sarcasms, but usually identifiable as such. I'm seing contempt today.
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I would say that I could figure out most of the questions just by some googling, so I guess they find people lazy. 
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Indeed they are, but if you don't even know what to search for, you googling attempts would fail even if they tried.
Another problem is that if you don't know the question, you often will not get a useful answer in the Q&A either.
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Yes but to be fair I don't find this to be a big issue:
How to perform 2D picture plotting[^]
MAny of the questions seems to be "urgentz" etc, and seem to be somebody that is working and not knowing what to do, or homework and is just lazy? More often than not, I usually find my questions answered on Stackoverflow rather than this site.
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Sadly, this is not necessarily the case anymore. He has disciples who seem to think that it's perfectly okay to emulate his rudeness and troll like behaviour towards newbies.
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Trouble is that when he does answer difficult questions he does know a lot and gives a good answer.
Just he has the interpersonal skills of a dead tree frog and wouldn't recognise a beginner if they bit him on the ...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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He does.
The problem, most of the times, is he wants to answer a correct question, while, possibly, there's a problem to solve.
Veni, vidi, vici.
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Hey man, I'm not trying to emultate at all!
Veni, vidi, vici.
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Indeed. Your troll like behaviour is all your own 
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