I think anonymous should continue to be truly anonymous.

Much of the homework questions are somewhat obvious and seem to be treated accordingly by the most adept of our monks. And if some students get work done for them...they get a freebee. they will eventually have to do the work in the end, so it all evens out it seems (or not). plus, others not doing homework might even learn from an answer, so someone not cheating gains enlightenment.

above all else, I'll always go with...anonymous should mean anonymous.

update:On double/triple postings...not sure how the data here is stored (mySql?), but it seems Perl would the perfect tool for determining an exact duplicte post and perhaps taking care of it :-) perhaps prompting the poster..."are you sure, this appears to be a duplicate post" prior to commit. doesn't happen often enough to bug me in the least, but it does present opportunity for a Perl "solution"...

In reply to Re: Help for the homework problem? by wardk
in thread Help for the homework problem? by Albannach

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