I feel the need to explain why I gave this question a --.

While I'm very tolerant of very short and simple questions and always think that lazyness is a good quality of a programmer. I also feel that a monk should do his/her homework before asking a question (as we constantly and gently remind others to do a Super Search first before asking questions). This is something that I have learned from PM. Understandably Ahbeyra may be a novice but looking at his (her?) previous questions and writeups and given the resources that PM has. Even without the Camel book he (she?) should have been able to come up with a solution.

I hope I'm not being too harsh. If so -- away on me. I just think Ahbeyra would have learned more if we had nudged him (her?) in the right direction to figure this out himself (herself?). I know I enjoy it more when I figure things out for myself. I remember when I had played a game called The Stone. Its basicaly a puzzle site with a comunity very much like ours. If someone had a hard time with a puzzle instead of receiving the answer outright, they would get a nudge in the right direction to find it themselves. Don't we all at PM strive to not only learn here but to also be the teacher?

BMaximus

sorry Ahbeyra, I can't figure your gender from your name

In reply to Re: Is the file there? by BMaximus
in thread Is the file there? by Ahbeyra

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