> If people would read through this and give me their thoughts on it, I'd > appreciate it. Replying to me and not the list is fine too... > > Thought I'd throw my two cents into this discussion... I don't really > have a problem with people asking 'howcome my new guildmaster isn't > working, I've done this... but it still doesn't work', or 'in what ways > have people added multiclassing to the muds', or even 'I don't understand > the concept behind ACMD()'- these are common questions, but they don't > necessarily indicate that the poster is stupid, clueless, or lazy... I > don't necessarily answer these questions all the time, but I certainly > won't flame the poster. > > What I _don't_ like are people who say 'how do I write a function that > returns a value', or other questions that could _easily_ be answered in > any beginning C text, or asked on a more appropriate forum (i.e. a C > newsgroup or mailing list). > > I tried to unsubscribe to this list out of some frustration with stupid > questions the other day and it didn't go through, so I thought I'd stick > around a bit longer... I don't think that a seperate mailing list is > necessary or even desirable, anything discussed on it would be appropriate > here and possibly give people ideas. What I _do_ think should be done, is > to discourage beginning C syntax related questions, and people quit > writing multiple posts defending the people who write these off-topic > messages... > > Most of the better coders out there probably spent a bit of time to try to > figure things out from day one- asking people irrelevant questions that > can be easily answered elsewhere does nothing but add to the number of > stock circle muds out there with a few things cut and pasted in, and > 'imps' (if you can correctly call them that) who never will bother to > figure something out on their own. > Why not just stop this ridiciolus discussion. There are too many cooks out there, thus the bigger the mess. There will always be conflicts in interest; so just delete the messages you consider 'dumb and don't belong at this list', and cope. Is it really -that- annoying? After all, there are no stupid questions, only stupid answers. ktp ps! Want some cheeze with that whine? _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ Classic@Cloud9.net _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
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