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Nobody ever won an argument with my mum!
Even though she stopped being a probation officer 20 years ago, her previous clients still jump when they hear her name! 
She once had a newspaper journalist arrested, held in the cells overnight, and taken to court the next morning just so he could see what it was like. Needless to say, he only found out it wasn't real after the case and sentence...
You looking for sympathy?
You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric
(Page 1788, if it helps)
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OriginalGriff wrote: She once had a newspaper journalist arrested, held in the cells overnight, and taken to court the next morning just so he could see what it was like. Needless to say, he only found out it wasn't real after the case and sentence...
Good way to learn a lesson. And scary, too.
Good thing your mum hadn't been here.
Don't mind those people who say you're not HOT. At least you know you're COOL.
I'm not afraid of falling, I'm afraid of the sudden stop at the end of the fall! - Richard Andrew x64
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OriginalGriff wrote: She once had a newspaper journalist arrested, held in the cells overnight, and taken to court the next morning just so he could see what it was like
I hope she went out and did a few bank jobs, just so she could see what it was like 
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If she did, I never saw any of the proceeds!
You looking for sympathy?
You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric
(Page 1788, if it helps)
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Hmmm...could it be...Chick Norris 
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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Makes me wonder if we shouldn't redefine true intelligence in a computer to the ability to win an argument against women. 
GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)
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No, I like to believe AI is possible...
You looking for sympathy?
You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric
(Page 1788, if it helps)
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No that would only require shouting an irrelevant point and powering down - OK maybe that's not a win, but a stalemate!
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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Knock it off you two. If I have to stop this planet, so help me...
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Karen Mitchelle wrote: I have a feeling that they will discriminate women more
What? How in hell did you came up to that conclusion feeling?
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this! [♪]
Don't mind those people who say you're not HOT. At least you know you're COOL.
I'm not afraid of falling, I'm afraid of the sudden stop at the end of the fall! - Richard Andrew x64
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Hey if you have the card in your deck, might as well play it, especially if it makes no sense whatsoever!
hatfok
King Yiddum's Castle
Pegasus Galaxy
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So sad that even people with 10k reputation can't ask a question.
I have observed that, Stackoverflow is particularly useful when you are working on a project with tight deadline. Where you don't have time to think of your own to get a solution to the problem in the project, so we use others solutions, ideas in stackoverflow or on the net.
That is not the right way, we need to get our own solutions by reading the programming language documentations, posting in internet forums and DISCUSSING with other programmers etc.
That will improve our programming skills.
And Only some part of the information in stackoverflow is useful and most part of it is waste of time. There are many better resources in the internet for developers.
modified 9-Aug-14 7:21am.
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To be fair, I think they have the same problem that Q&A does here - bit they've just gone too far!
That's a fine line we draw - we don't want idiots or lazy people asking questions - but sometimes people can get a bit over-zealous!
the motto should be, I think, "there is no such thing as a bad question"
Rather than "your question is crap - downvoted" people should be answering "your question crap because xxxxx - how can we help you phrase it better ?
Power corrupts, and all that, in action, unfortunately!
it is interesting how there are a few people here (i.e. on CP) who are the very epitome of calm, assured experience with a twist of helpfulness (I'm thinking of you, Boyo, and you Jedi && !Stig)
but there are also those who would be better placed at SO (I'm thinking of you, 'he who must not be named)
I wonder why the latter stay here
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_Maxxx_ wrote: your question crap because xxxxx - how can we help you phrase it better ?
I don't think it's going to work with people asking these questions. It's a waste of time, they won't appreciate and it will get you nowhere.
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Well, you can't tar them all with the same brush, and surely it is better to politely ask for a better phrased question that to blurt off about them being thick as a brick?
There's a queue at the counter, and the person at the front asks for a coffee.
The server points to the large sign saying "Sorry - our coffee machine is broken so we cannot provide any coffee today"
The next person comes up and asks for a coffee.
repeat.
Repeat.
When the tenth person asks for a coffee, the punch on the nose is a bit of a surprise.
That's what it must be like on Q&A for some people. they maybe didn't read the rules, they just wanted their coffee, but don't punch 'em on the nose...
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I'm sure they would punch customers, but getting fired is what prevents them from doing so. You can't fire SO users as they are not being paid, so they exercise their freedoms
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Just taking the analogy a step further, eventually the coffee-shop customers who do read the signs stop coming because of the huge queue of people who don't.
I think the general comments about SO are correct (that's why I'm here ) but there is a flip side. Because SO are *so* strict, they do actually have - in my opinion - the best Q&A around. While I don't always agree with their decisions (or comments) I think the principle to try and keep questions and answers as readable and useful as possible should be commended.
Sure, it'll upset a few people but at the end of the day, when you search in Google for a solution to your problem, which sites come up first almost every time?
You can't please everyone all of the time though ![Java | [Coffee]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/coffee.gif)
[EDIT] I'll just add this, so my comment is clearer. A website (any website) is only as good as its content. At the moment on CP there's quite a lot of cruft in the Q&A section which means - I imagine for most - SO is the go-to site for getting decent information.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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I entirely agree about the queue length - and it is an issue that is hard to address.
I'd be happy to take a hard line - delete questions and answers that are deemed 'not worthy' but...
a) Still being nice and polite to the OP - explaining that their question is being removed, and why
b) Adhering to my idea of what makes a worthy question and answer
really, the more I think about it, I think you need a team of editors, taking the good q&a s and moving them somewhere - thus creating a reference site of useful information without the dross.
Like a Wiki I guess.
isn't that why SO quality is generally good - because they don't mind editing out questions - but if one took it further ...
But maybe it's too hard doing it with volunteer members, I dunno
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I'm pretty new here - aren't there volunteer members?
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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Well, yes - that's what I meant - the people who volunteer aren't necessarily the best ones to be impartial - a little power, and all that!
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I get where you're coming from, but leaving it as a free for all isn't going to make things any better either. There's got to be some "minimum level", surely?
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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Yep - but how to do it IRL?
You and I disagree on whether a question about bypassing office internet logging is a legitimate question - if we are both mediators of questions, one of us might flag the question for deletion, the other not - without very clear rules, and the ability to remember and follow them - or some sort of voting system that works, it's not really helping.
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