| Re: Seeking help with relative and absolute paths [message #180881 is a reply to message #180874] |
Sun, 24 March 2013 14:27   |
Scott Johnson
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On 3/23/2013 8:24 AM, J.O. Aho wrote:
> On 23/03/13 15:25, Scott Johnson wrote:
>> On 3/23/2013 5:57 AM, The Frog wrote:
>>> Thankyou all again for your replies. I understand now what was being
>>> explained to me. I had my mindset in a different paradigm. Bit of mental
>>> change going from apps to web. Thankyou for your patience with my
>>> enquiries. Your help is very much appreciated.
>>>
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>> Well, the truth is, at time the OP needs to have patience with this
>> group.
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>> So much time is spent to 'one-up' the next person and show how superior
>> one idea is over the other, you often have to wade thru many posts that
>> tangent out everywhere and risk leaving more frustrated then when you
>> started.
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> I have to disagree, questions like this one has been asked quite many
> times and using googles services would have found the answer.
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> The only time when your argument IMHO is valid, is when someone asks a
> question never asked before, but that happens quite seldom nowadays.
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I do agree that google or bing is the first line of defense. But as I
have personally found, sometimes you don't know what you don't know and
not quite sure how to word it.
This is where the NG is very valuable and the conversations heated or
otherwise are needed. We all I think look at the question coming from
different experience and read it (or into it) in a different way and try
to answer it from that direction. Sometimes we, the NG not me, nails it
right off. Other times it takes some massaging of the OP to get what he
needs out of him.
And like any social group, the longer it takes, the more chance that it
goes off rails. I actually find it entertaining and truth be told I
actually end up learning bit and pieces. That is why I always keep my
popcorn handy.
Scotty
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