I did not realize the affect of the word usage I gave as an example, would in effect generate the amount of discussion it has.
I did see this as a good example, simply because of the type of work/play that we do with electronics, many things can have an affect
and certainly be effected.
I am certainly by no means a great speller, or a person who lives his/her life in a grammatically correct environment. Truth be known, I
didn't do all that wonderful with English class when I was in school. So go figure that the best part of English class for me was sentence
diagramming, where everyone else in the class hated it, I rather enjoyed it.
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IC Layout Engineer
Parallax, Inc.
Post Edited (Beau Schwabe (Parallax)) : 2/2/2006 9:47:29 PM GMT
......................... Introduction
So, while it isn't necessary to already be technically
competent to get attention from us, it is necessary to
demonstrate the kind of attitude that leads to competence
— alert, thoughtful, observant, willing to be an active partner in developing a solution. If you can't live with
this sort of discrimination..................
IN PART IT READS
.....So it is useful to frame your question to minimize the time commitment required for an expert to field it — but this is often not the same thing as simplifying the question. Thus, for example, “Would you give me a pointer to a good explanation of X?” is usually a smarter question than “Would you explain X, please?”. If you have some malfunctioning code, it is usually smarter to ask for someone to explain what's wrong with it than it is to ask someone to fix it................
The reason i ask this is because
Should the readers of this forum know that person who is asking the questions is tring something even if what they tried DID NOT work and how much of this is necessary and is necessary And should they post it
IN PART IT READS
Be explicit about your question
......Open-ended questions tend to be perceived as open-ended time sinks. Those people most likely to be able to give you a useful answer are also the busiest people (if only because they take on the most work themselves). People like that are allergic to open-ended time sinks, thus they tend to be allergic to open-ended questions.........
Now i find this HARD to do
......Be explicit about your question.......
I TRY explan what i want to to the best that i can and i know it hard when i post someting for reader to understand what i am asking
IN PART IT READS
.......You are more likely to get a useful response if you are explicit about what you want respondents to do (provide pointers, send code, ...... whatever). This will focus their effort and implicitly put an upper bound on the time and energy a respondent must allocate to helping you. This is good...........
NOW for me to learn something i need an some examples of code for me to try to undersand it
I DO NOT WANT ANYONE TO WRITE THE CODE for what ever project that i am
working on
Frist of all I Would Not Learn Any Thing Second If i want that
I know that i would have to pay MONEY for that service
IN PART IT READS
........To understand the world the experts live in, think of expertise as an abundant resource and time to respond as a scarce one. The less of a time commitment you implicitly ask for, the more likely you are to get an answer from someone really good and really busy.............
Is this True what this person is saying
Is this the way it works
I must be different in that if i know what you are asking i will help help you if i can
THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND ALL OF THE HELP THAT EVERONE HAS GIVEN ME IN THE PAST
This was The Most Inport thing i walk away with when i read this
Sam
Post Edited (sam_sam_sam) : 2/3/2006 11:15:37 PM GMT
Ya, I don't need the flame's 'bout my grammar. I'm in the south damnit (less than 1 hour away from the Mexico-US border), I'm aloud to talk like this sometimes.
"Wait a minute. There's a New Mexico?" -- Homer Simpson
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Comments
I did not realize the affect of the word usage I gave as an example, would in effect generate the amount of discussion it has.
I did see this as a good example, simply because of the type of work/play that we do with electronics, many things can have an affect
and certainly be effected.
I am certainly by no means a great speller, or a person who lives his/her life in a grammatically correct environment. Truth be known, I
didn't do all that wonderful with English class when I was in school. So go figure that the best part of English class for me was sentence
diagramming, where everyone else in the class hated it, I rather enjoyed it.
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Beau Schwabe
IC Layout Engineer
Parallax, Inc.
Post Edited (Beau Schwabe (Parallax)) : 2/2/2006 9:47:29 PM GMT
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/020530902X/qid=1138915246/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/002-7899147-7104042?s=books&v=glance&n=283155
Post Edited (PJ Allen) : 2/2/2006 9:22:33 PM GMT
http://www.grammarpatrol.com/ngg_mngg.html
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Beau Schwabe
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Parallax, Inc.
Post Edited (Beau Schwabe (Parallax)) : 2/3/2006 3:11:19 PM GMT
HI EVERYONE
I read this and have some questions about it
Bean.
blue]Should be required reading for all newbies
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
IN PART IT READ
......................... Introduction
So, while it isn't necessary to already be technically
competent to get attention from us, it is necessary to
demonstrate the kind of attitude that leads to competence
— alert, thoughtful, observant, willing to be an active
partner in developing a solution. If you can't live with
this sort of discrimination..................
IN PART IT READS
.....So it is useful to frame your question to minimize the time commitment required for an expert to field it — but this is often not the same thing as simplifying the question. Thus, for example,
“Would you give me a pointer to a good explanation of X?” is usually a smarter question than “Would you explain X, please?”. If you have some malfunctioning code, it is usually smarter to ask for someone to explain what's wrong with it than it is to ask someone to fix it................
The reason i ask this is because
Should the readers of this forum know that person who is asking the questions is tring something even if what they tried DID NOT work and how much of this is necessary and is necessary And should they post it
IN PART IT READS
Be explicit about your question
......Open-ended questions tend to be perceived as open-ended time sinks. Those people most likely to be able to give you a useful answer are also the busiest people (if only because they take on the most work themselves). People like that are allergic to open-ended time sinks, thus they tend to be allergic to open-ended questions.........
Now i find this HARD to do
......Be explicit about your question.......
I TRY explan what i want to to the best that i can and i know it hard when i post someting for reader to understand what i am asking
IN PART IT READS
.......You are more likely to get a useful response if you are explicit about what you want respondents to do (provide pointers, send code, ...... whatever). This will focus their effort and implicitly put an upper bound on the time and energy a respondent must allocate to helping you. This is good...........
NOW for me to learn something i need an some examples of code for me to try to undersand it
I DO NOT WANT ANYONE TO WRITE THE CODE for what ever project that i am
working on
Frist of all I Would Not Learn Any Thing
Second If i want that
I know that i would have to pay MONEY for that service
IN PART IT READS
........To understand the world the experts live in, think of expertise as an abundant resource and time to respond as a scarce one. The less of a time commitment you implicitly ask for, the more likely you are to get an answer from someone really good and really busy.............
Is this True what this person is saying
Is this the way it works
I must be different in that if i know what you are asking i will help help you if i can
THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND ALL OF THE HELP THAT EVERONE HAS GIVEN ME IN THE PAST
This was The Most Inport thing i walk away with when i read this
Sam
Post Edited (sam_sam_sam) : 2/3/2006 11:15:37 PM GMT
ROTFLMAO.
I don't think I've laughed that hard in a while.
Ya, I don't need the flame's 'bout my grammar. I'm in the south damnit (less than 1 hour away from the Mexico-US border), I'm aloud to talk like this sometimes.
"Wait a minute. There's a New Mexico?" -- Homer Simpson
Knight.
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Gravity doesn't exist. The Earth sucks.
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Make a man a fire, and he will be warm for the night.
Light the man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.
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Hopefully not as German(hate it
French is really the most easier.
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Progress in Translation Of Robotics With The Boe-Bot v2.2: Page 15 Of 364
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Just tossing my two bits worth into the bit bucket
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