Another sticky in the code forums.

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01-31-2006
SlyMaelstrom

Another sticky in the code forums.

This is more to the people who post answers in the programming forum:

How many times have you answered a question in this manner:

Quote:

FAQs 2.1 - Doing such and such with so and so

People seem to not see the FAQs forum which we should be directing people straight to. Put stickys in the code forums saying that it's there, people might see it better. More advertising for less clutter.

[EDIT] I see rule 13 in the Read before Posting announcement says "don't forget about the FAQs" but sometimes people that have been here for a few months and looked at that way back forget it's there and forget to look. I think there should be something more upfront.
02-01-2006
jwenting

problem with stickies is that people don't read them, especially if there's a lot of them, and ESPECIALLY if they're not going to do their own research first in other places :eek: :rolleyes: .
02-01-2006
Blackroot

I say make it so you cant post without clicking on important stickies in that section when your a first-timer :P. Then again, thats how I solve everything :P.
02-01-2006
Dae

The percentage of people who read the FAQ will go up if theres a pinned topic, so there might as well be one.

My solution to everything is pizza. But how does that help us here... .. pinned "Free Order From Pizza Hut" topic?

Alright, I'll be back in 30.

Yes, ++postcount; ;)
02-01-2006
SlyMaelstrom

Dae your post was going so well until you said Pizza Hut.
02-01-2006
Dae

Quote:

Originally Posted by SlyMaelstrom

Dae your post was going so well until you said Pizza Hut.

Yeah, my friends have made fun of me for my taste in pizza suppliers before. I dunno though, I don't mind Panago and Pizza Hut, pizza is always good.

I'm not really going for post to post ratings though, so I'm free to like Pizza Hut. kthx. :)
02-01-2006
jwenting

Pizza Hut is decent, just too much fat floating on it but you can soak that up using the paper napkins you get with your order ;)
02-01-2006
Queatrix

This has got to be the first thread I have seen that goes from the FAQs to PIZZA!
Anyway, I don't think the problem is that no one sees them, it's more likely that
people are just to lazy to read them when they want to know something. (Like
me, I admit.) And there is just to much there to remember what’s even there.
02-02-2006
Dweia

Pizza Hut's good, though I like the smaller woodfired places a lot as well. Get better wuality meats at most of them.
02-02-2006
jwenting

I've seen wood places fired, they tend to go up in smoke :)
02-02-2006
filker0

Pizza Hut is a reliable national (international?) chain -- in some places, they're the best pizza available.

That is not saying that I think Pizza hut is very good, but there are places where the alternatives are worse.

As far as FAQ pinning, I think that's a good idea.
02-02-2006
Brian

How about if a post contains the line fflush(stdin) it automatically redirects them to the FAQ page? :)
02-02-2006
SlyMaelstrom

And maybe a hand come out of the monitor and slaps the poster, too.
02-02-2006
SMurf

Or maybe a message along the lines of "You suck at programming. You must now invite a bunch of us down to our nearest Pizza Hut so we can insult you some more and maybe spit pieces of gooey (GUI) semi-cheese at you."
02-02-2006
SlyMaelstrom

Quote:

Originally Posted by SMurf

Or maybe a message along the lines of "You suck at programming. You must now invite a bunch of us down to our nearest Pizza Hut so we can insult you some more and maybe spit pieces of gooey (GUI) semi-cheese at you."

Let's stick with things that are possible to program, here. I've got my hand slapping algorithm almost worked out.
02-02-2006
filker0

Quote:

Originally Posted by SlyMaelstrom

Let's stick with things that are possible to program, here. I've got my hand slapping algorithm almost worked out.

Be sure to watch out for race conditions where the poster also mentions system("pause"); -- you don't want the one slap to block the other. :rolleyes: