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That sounds fine for error messages however How does one search for an exact answer to a design question?
John
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John M. Drescher wrote: How does one search for an exact answer to a design question?
I'm afraid you're on your own for this one. 
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** Jack of all trades and master of none.
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Slacker007 wrote:
I'm afraid you're on your own for this one.
And that is the reason I voted "Search online for more general background information on your issue". If it was just error messages/crash ... I would have picked "Search online for the exact answer to your problem"
John
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I search for exact to almost exact answers for things other than errors and/or crashes. When I have to have something delivered yesterday, it sometimes is helpful if someone already found the answer...why re-invent the wheel.
I do a lot of my actual learning of new technologies and concepts at home with a cup of coffee in a relaxed atmosphere.
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** Jack of all trades and master of none.
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True. But I don't consider myself stuck until the search for the exact answer failed. The first thing I do ONCE I am stuck is search for general bullsh*t and don't you call me a liar!
I was HollyHooo but got tired of it and Sebastien was taken.
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RC_Sebastien_C wrote: and don't you call me a liar!
I wouldn't think of it. 
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Slacker007 wrote: I wouldn't think of it.
LIAR!
I was HollyHooo but got tired of it and Sebastien was taken.
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I know you are but what am I?
Sorry, I couldn't resist. 
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A specific item search is generally done at the start, before I realize I'm stuck. Why even try and figure it out if the code already exists to be copy/pasted?
3x12=36
2x12=24
1x12=12
0x12=18
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Generally true. When I look online for the answer to a programming question, it's usually to resolve a specific issue: "why does X do A rather than B?".
The only time in recent memory I looked for the answer to a design issue was when I wanted to use a specific approach to a problem, and there are several closely-related variants (model-view-controller).
Software Zen: delete this;
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Because 99% of the time it would be them causing the problem 
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I find talking about the problem forces you to reorganize your ideas in a simple way that often leads to solution. The person you talk to does not have to have experience with the problem. The scenerio is like a psychologist/patient relationship. The psychologist (your friend) will lead you to the solution - they don't even have to understand the technology.
This technique often works for me.
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I call this: talking to a lamppost. If you can explain your problem to a lamppost, you wil usually find the answer. This has inspired two collegues of me to actually place a miniature lamppost on their (combined) desk  . If it is lit, one is using the other as a 'dummy' to explain his problem to.
Paul Klomp
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I seem to recall a week or two back in the lounge someone saying they explained problems to their dog which usually helped in the same way.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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This works for my roommate all the time. He'll ask me to help him with some problem, and while explaining it to me, he'll have some sudden epiphany and out comes the solution. Most of the time it works without me even saying a word.
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A nice different dimension my 5
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Because they usually have already plugged at it for hours, read the documentation, possibly a book, looked for the answer on internet or asked a question on one website or another.
Would be a shame to do things twice
It's an OO world.
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...for a bacon sandwich!
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and a diet coke
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because i have a multiple answer...
though i have given vote to option number SIX...
My answer is option number 5,6 and 7.
first find exact...not successes...
go for option number six.... not successes...
go for option number seven.....
Thanks....
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Agree. Sometimes I ask to my colleague, sometimes search on net or sometimes take a break.
JKOZA
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Agree
First, i search on line
Then if i don't find, i ask a colleague
Then if i don't find, i post a question to get a track
Then if i don't find, i read the docs again
Then if i don't find, i phone Microsoft 
and i take always a break
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You should have answered FIVE, because that is the first thing you do; SIX is the second!
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This thing definitely works for me! but before that i keep plugging away the problem
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Doing the same over here. 99% times refreshment works fine for me.
I appreciate your help all the time...
CodingLover
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