| Re: Seeking help with relative and absolute paths [message #180882 is a reply to message #180881] |
Sun, 24 March 2013 16:24  |
Jerry Stuckle
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On 3/24/2013 10:27 AM, Scott Johnson wrote:
> 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.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Well, the truth is, at time the OP needs to have patience with this
>>> group.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> 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
Maybe what we need is an FAQ for the group.
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