Asking Good Questions (14 posts)

Topic tags: forum, questions
  • Profile picture of sbook sbook261p said 6 months, 3 weeks ago:

    Someone just posted this to Twitter saying,

    This should be mandatory reading for anyone asking technical/programming related questions, online or off

    I heavily agree! Please read this link for everyone’s sanity :)

    http://www.mikeash.com/getting_answers.html

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  • Profile picture of nehon nehon591p said 6 months, 3 weeks ago:

    So true!!

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  • Profile picture of madjack madjack495p said 6 months, 3 weeks ago:

    Now we have to have that go viral. :D

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  • Profile picture of pspeed pspeed815p said 6 months, 3 weeks ago:

    Didn’t read it… but I just wanted to fit in and do what everyone else will do. ;)

    Seriously, though, it really is always better to ask well formed questions. So I applaud stuff like that.

    It avoids the “How long is this piece of string I’m holding?” style posts.

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  • Profile picture of glaucomardano glaucomardano252p said 6 months, 3 weeks ago:

    Haha, nice. What let me more annoyed is when people say :
    -Give me source code
    Instead of asking something -.- .

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  • Profile picture of normen normen1290p said 6 months, 3 weeks ago:

    Lets make that a mandatory read before posts in the forum are allowed ^^

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  • Profile picture of normen normen1290p said 6 months, 3 weeks ago:

    Alright, added it to the forums sidebar :P

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  • Profile picture of sbook sbook261p said 6 months, 3 weeks ago:

    @normen said:
    Alright, added it to the forums sidebar :P

    That’s a great spot for it.. I was thinking of making it a sticky, but making it a sticky over the entire forum seemed a bit over the top

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  • Profile picture of wezrule wezrule201p said 6 months, 3 weeks ago:

    i love this one:

    QGuy: when I create an NSString from UTF-8 data it fails, why?
    AMan: post your code
    QGuy: I don’t think it’s a code problem
    AMan: screw this

    related to jme3:

    Dilembo: why multi-touch don’t work on android?
    normen: post your code
    Dilembo: I don’t think it’s a code problem, its a bug with jme
    normen: more likely it’s you who is the problem

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  • Profile picture of madjack madjack495p said 6 months, 3 weeks ago:

    Oh, I could add a couple too!

    SomeGuy: Excuse my Engrish, it’s not my first language.

    We know. Don’t apologize. The fact that you’re trying is already a great thing. Only through patience and practice will you learn, but PLEASE stop saying that.

    SomeGuy: “I’m sorry to disturb”, or “I don’t want to annoy…” or “Could someone help me with…”

    People… You’re on a HELP forum. Simply post the problem you’re having, we’re here to help you so no need to ask or apologize for it. I’m sure many of us could add more. ;)

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  • Profile picture of pspeed pspeed815p said 6 months, 3 weeks ago:

    I used to love on the Neverwinter Nights scripting forum when the topic was titled either “Scripting Question.”, “Question?”, or “Problem”. me: “Yeah, I really want to drill in on that one…” But I always wanted to respond “A scripting question?!?!? On the scripting forum?!?! Are you crazy?!?”

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  • Profile picture of pspeed pspeed815p said 6 months, 3 weeks ago:

    @madjack said:
    SomeGuy: Excuse my Engrish, it’s not my first language.

    We know. Don’t apologize. The fact that you’re trying is already a great thing. Only through patience and practice will you learn, but PLEASE stop saying that.

    I don’t mind when they mention that english is not their first language if it’s brief. Sometimes it is a good explanation because there are a few native-english posters who have enough trouble with their own language and thought organization that it’s concerning. Sometimes it’s nice to know.

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  • Profile picture of normen normen1290p said 6 months, 3 weeks ago:

    @pspeed said:
    Sometimes it’s nice to know.

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  • Profile picture of madjack madjack495p said 6 months, 3 weeks ago:

    @pspeed said:
    I don’t mind when they mention that english is not their first language if it’s brief. Sometimes it is a good explanation because there are a few native-english posters who have enough trouble with their own language and thought organization that it’s concerning. Sometimes it’s nice to know.

    You can always tell.

    Plain and simple explanation of a problem is often times a lot tougher than writing some phrases, native speaker or not.

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