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Having just read the thread that I'm assuming you're referring to (the one from this morning), I'm not sure that I agree with you.
Yes, there are a few humourous answers on there, one or two which maybe do edge a little towards snarkiness but there doesn't seem to be anything terribly inappropriate to The Lounge in there. There are also a fair few answers that are clearly intended to be helpful to the OP (including the one from Griff, it might be noted).
The fact of the matter is, a great many of the questions on the site simply can't be answered in a directly helpful way because people simply fail to actually provide a meaningful question. So yes, we do see an awful lot of replies along the lines of "would you care to tell us what the actual issue is?" There's nothing wrong in that - there's no other way of answering them.
What I would hate to see on CP - and I do see a lot elsewhere - is those "OMG! Fancy not knowing that!" answers which really do deter newbies by making them feel stupid.
I'm not saying that a trawl trough QA wouldn't turn up the occasional impatient or condescending answer but in no way is that sort of thing endemic on CP.
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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Not all answers to all answers are snarky, and some people do try to help.
If the disrespectful attitude isn't called out, the attitude will never change.
My hope is that people, myself included, will think twice before replying in a manner that is less than helpful.
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PeejayAdams wrote: What I would hate to see on CP - and I do see a lot elsewhere - is those "OMG! Fancy not knowing that!" answers which really do deter newbies by making them feel stupid.
Spot on!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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6 and 9 are planning something.
0110 1001
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They even made a movie about 9's plan.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010 ----- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010 ----- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Was it set in outer space?
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It even had a chiropractor in the leading role! Well, some of the leading role.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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If this were StackOverflow, the number one answer would be: Your question is off-topic.
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Too true. So many times, google lands me on Stack Overflow, it's marked off topic, and the first answer in the comments perfectly answers the question.
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Next step: Set up an AI to answer the 99% routine questions in your name and bring the other 1% to your attention.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
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Great! Do you think my Orcs stand a chance? The algorithm is laughable, but in just 10000 generations they get really good at fighting and know when they are at a disadvantage and when to run. Change the rules and they adapt. The players figure out how to beat them? They adapt.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
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Orc that lasted 10,000 generations? That's pretty remarkable all on it's own!
Did you ever read Orcs: First Blood[^] ? It's the usual Humans-vs-Orcs, but seen from the Orc side. Not a bad read IIRC.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: Orc that lasted 10,000 generations? That's pretty remarkable all on it's own!
Nah. The losses after each tournament were filled up, selecting only the best to be the fathers of the next generation. An evolutionary algorithm. Let the blind watchmaker figure it all out. Darwinistic Orcs, which promptly got the religious types on my track. They told me that evolution does not exist and that I'm going to burn in hell for playing god.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
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I take it these are placeholders, and not actual responses...?
[Edit]
Oh, wait...QA questions. I thought at first they were customer questions.
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As a developer I'm not in the default user group at my current company.
As such I was able to install Chrome, sign in, and sync bookmarks etc.
Until today.
Regular users now got Chrome from the sysadmins and the "disable sign-in to Chrome" group policy was also pushed to me...
I can't even access my web mail, VSTS environment, and other company stuff because I don't know the URL's, usernames and password, I have to ask people
Guess I'll have to export my bookmarks at home and import them here.
No idea why they would disable that policy in the first place, something with not wanting passwords stored at Google (they're already stored on post-its because we have to change them every month )
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Sander Rossel wrote: I can't even access my web mail, VSTS environment, and other company stuff because I don't know the URL's, usernames and password, I have to ask people Shame on you and you alone!
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Because I've always had them bookmarked and now I don't know them because they suddenly took my bookmarks away?
It was so sudden that even the sysadmins were surprised this was already enrolled to client computers
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Because you're a professional with a highly trained mind so it is expected that you remeber at least the URLs you use more often for work
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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den2k88 wrote: it is expected that you remeber at least the URLs you use more often for work
Yes, and he knew exactly where his bookmarks were except that they had moved them. So whose fault?
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I just typed a fairly complex URL right on the first try, including the HTTP protocol (you have to explicitly type that or Chrome will think you're googling)
Don't be bitching about HTTP to me, that's the responsibility of the same people who took away my Chrome sync functionality for safety reasons
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Sander Rossel wrote: (they're already stored on post-its because we have to change them every month
If my previous position, we had to change passwords on various sites either monthly or every two months depending on the site. They were stored in a software vault you accessed by entering your user ID and password. In this day and age, there is no reason to have post-it notes with passwords, even for your own.
In my position before that one, they were stored in a password protected document; not great, but better than post-it notes.
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Yeah, I don't really have post-it's, but the monthly password reset is annoying af
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Sander Rossel wrote: No idea why they would disable that policy in the first place, something with not wanting passwords stored at Google
My first guess would be that they are not doing a good job of removing ex-employee credentials from the system (AD Accounts, whatever) upon termination or leave of employment, and they have had some problems where ex-employees have managed to login to certain systems/apps, especially dev and test sites.
I could be wrong of course, but I have seen similar things happen in the past for similar reasons.
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In addition to my earlier post about changing passwords, previous position policy: if a team member leaves the department or company, all passwords they had access to must be changed within 7 days. No exceptions.
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