Don't confuse nastiness with real concern. As the fellow running for governor here in Pennsylvania said in response to himn losing his temper - "One who is passionate about something will lose <his temper> on occasion".
Also the smart questions FAQ says it well - http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#keepcool and http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#not_losing Pay attention to the last few paragraphs of the second link. As to those who left, "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen." --- H Shankaranarayanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for that reply. Rightly said! Makes sense not helping someone doing a > coursework execise. Even now there are questions posted which could be simply > solved by a google search wot should we do about that? > > There sure have been lots of interesting threads but lots of arguments too on > the list which got nasty to the core some time back in the recent past. If this > nastiness could be avoided it would just be a great place for information. No > doubt we have a lot of "Gurus" out there to expect great answers from. > > This nastiness if i remember right also made people leave the list sometime > back. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alan Williamson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 3:53 AM > To: JDJList > Subject: [jdjlist] RE: what is it like to be a programmer "in the real > world" ? > > > ||| There it starts again. If people can answer straight on > ||| this list it would be really great. Why such convoluted answers? > ||| > ||| And am sure Alan this is of no interest to anyone asking > ||| questions be it on any > ||| topic. Its just going to make them think twice before > ||| asking a question down the line. > > I don't understand the problem here. The experienced list-members (of this > list and others) can always spot when someone wants their coursework done > for them. This is why there has been resistant to answer the question > directly. > > Being the first email address in the magazine, does any one appreciate the > volume of emails i get from students asking for help with their coursework? > Around Christmas and Easter time, the volume goes up i guess with the end of > their semester. So what am i suppose to do? > > The geniue ones i help of course i do; but the vast majority is sent out of > sheer laziness which to be honest, i really do hope they fail, as the > computer industry doesn't need anymore cowboys that blag their way through > than we are already have. > > As for what its like to be developer in the real world ... great question. > And one that i really look forward to the answers from some. I will wade > in later when i have had some time to think about it. > > But let me say this, and i am sure i speak for the likes of Jason and Joe; > this is not free consultancy. YES we will help, but we will not do it for > you. > > So if it does make people think twice before asking, then i say thats a > great thing. It cuts down on the noise of the list, and means that anything > coming through, has already met the first two criteria of Jason's tip-list; > (1) Read the API, (2) Google Search. They you may find that people > answering your question will go up. > > We love to help people that want to learn and help. We don't want to help > blaggers and people that will ride on our success. > > There has been some great threads of the past couple of weeks, and i want to > thank you all for contributing. > > alan > > > To change your JDJList options, please visit: > http://www.sys-con.com/java/list.cfm > > > To change your JDJList options, please visit: http://www.sys-con.com/java/list.cfm ===== Mark Zawadzki Performance Engineer/DBA/Programmer extraordinaire� [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Democracies die behind closed doors," - Judge Damon Keith __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com To change your JDJList options, please visit: http://www.sys-con.com/java/list.cfm
