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Which part of 'dismissed' did you not understand? Report back when you have an answer.
The user can't update the up: we update it for them (Choice in the CP poll)
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CodeWraith wrote: Which part of 'dismissed' did you not understand?
Well I dismissed the question.. 
Now is it bad enough that you let somebody else kick your butts without you trying to do it to each other? Now if we're all talking about the same man, and I think we are... it appears he's got a rather growing collection of our bikes.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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And now he's dismissed as well, I assume?
The user can't update the up: we update it for them (Choice in the CP poll)
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Disgruntled probably..
Now is it bad enough that you let somebody else kick your butts without you trying to do it to each other? Now if we're all talking about the same man, and I think we are... it appears he's got a rather growing collection of our bikes.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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If you question them I find most of the time they do not mean it literally. I think English as a second language is part of the problem. Most of the time I find they actually are just asking for some help, not asking anyone to do everything for them. At least that's been my experience when I ask them for more details and they answer.
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Just to play devil's advocate. And I totally agree with your point btw, just playing advocate here. I did study a second language once for a few months: Japanese. Granted, Japan's culture is much more polite in general than most, but it was always made a point to teach the polite mannerisms and speech in class. Same thing goes with learning English as a kid. We learn to say "piss off" from other people moreso than class.
So, I propose they must've learned English from some dude in the back of a van selling cigarettes if they can't figure out how to say stuff like please. 
Jeremy Falcon
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: they must've learned English from some dude in the back of a van selling cigarettes if they can't figure out how to say stuff like please.
Serious?! How many American born people actually say please? 
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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People in the south do. 
Jeremy Falcon
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Outside of Atlanta, maybe. But Atlanta isn't really the south anymore. 
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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To play devil's advocate to your devil's advocate. That's party because in Japanese you conjugate verbs differently based on the level of respect or at least occupational hierarchy. In fact entire sentences can change. English isn't entirely like that. We generally just use qualifiers like "sir" or "ma'am."
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I have to say that in the three "foreign" languages I learned - Welsh, French and Russian, the first things I was taught were to ask for basic things politely (ending with "please") and to respond with respect when people helped me (by saying "thank you")..
Even if I was being rude to someone!
Now is it bad enough that you let somebody else kick your butts without you trying to do it to each other? Now if we're all talking about the same man, and I think we are... it appears he's got a rather growing collection of our bikes.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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Well perhaps we need to add another section to the QA submissions.
We already have the "What have I tried" part. Perhaps we should add a "Which pleasantry would you like to add" section...
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Only problem is that people that don't read won't exactly read that either.
Jeremy Falcon
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I used to say "if you say pls because it's shorter than please then I say no because it's shorter then yes". But this? That's the whole new level... 
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"My software never has bugs. It just develops random features."
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It doesn't sound rude to me, it sounds like what I used to see on assignments I got in high school.
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I've long noticed that you can tell when new school semesters start by the type and volume of questions posted here and elsewhere.
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Brent Jenkins wrote: good old days
Ha!
And you managed to tunnel out into the Lounge ... for what reason, now? In keeping with all my posts thus far today, I have to post this question. Why did you stop here? Keep tunneling on into the Soapbox.
(This is actually a veiled attempt to reiterate my plea to stop responding to SPAM in QA by posting anything that is a reaction. Again, my reason is two-fold. One, there is no reward in acknowledging a spam. Two, the whole forum, as you say, is becoming a queue for thumby nonsense which every doofuss with a spam agenda takes as being real decorum, thus humanizing the mindset.)
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new people join n need n instant fix to things....
Scared beyond belief way down in the shadows
And the perverted fear of violence
Chokes the smile on every face
And common sense is ringing out the bell
This ain't no technological breakdown
Oh no, this is the road to hell
And all the roads jam up with credit
And there's nothing you can do
It's all just bits of paper flying away from you
Oh look out world, take a good look
What comes down here
You must learn this lesson fast and learn it well
This ain't no upwardly mobile freeway
Oh no, this is the road
Said this is the road
This is the road to hell
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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I subscribe to the CodeProject daily newsletter (keep up the good work). In today's update, there was a link to an article, Why Every Developer Should Learn Javascript? [^]
In the article, there is a line "Where as most languages require a bit of knowledge and programming understanding, Javascript does not." Really? So, someone with no understanding whatsoever can open up a web page and start programming?
I'd love to use his website ...
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend; inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. -- Groucho Marx
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Hooga Booga wrote: So, someone with no understanding whatsoever can open up a web page and start programming?
Try viewing the source of the websites you visit. I think you'll find that's precisely what's happening! 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Type* the following in your browser's navigation text box (where you normally type the URL):
javascript:alert(navigator.appName)<ENTER>
You are now a programmer even though *you* do not know anything.
You really did just program the computer but you have not had to learn anything. 
That's the power of JavaScript!!!
<ENTER> denotes the place where you press the <ENTER> key.
*you* is not you, but the person who knows nothing about programming. 
*NOTE: If you copy the code and paste it, then the browser will remove the important javascript: protocol and it won't work. It's a safety feature.
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Totally awesome.
As long as people think you're a ninja, then you are a ninja*.
*Please replace _ninja_ with any other noun that you would like to be (engineer, dev, etc).
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How does your example differ from copy/paste of any other language (into an appropriate environment). If, for example, someone bought VS2017 and copied/pasted C# code, does that make them a programmer (as per your description)?
And it doesn't have to work. A bad programmer, but programmer non-the-less, by your scenario.
And a "Hello World!" to you, too!
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