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in thread Help for the homework problem?

Doesn't that rather defeat the point of what is going on here. It seems to me that a lot of what we do beyond sharing and learning from eachother is to answer the questions of the masses. If we restrict to only registered monks, I find it hard to believe that so many people will ask, and with that we become an almost closed community.

Having said that, it may not be the case that Anonymous Monk has not asked that many questions. Does anyone have stats?

What would be the benefit of knowing someone's email address? I maintain the point that the few people that send us their homework are going to do it from home.

At the end of the day, I think that we as individuals are best qualified to judge what we should answer. And ultimately, if someone has a question associated with their homework, there's no reason we should not help. OK, if people are to expect us to write an entire project, then that's a bit rude, but helping people out who are at school is no different to helping people at work.

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Brother Marvell

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Re: Re: Re: Help for the homework problem?
by zigster (Hermit) on Dec 07, 2000 at 18:53 UTC
    I dunno I am new here, I am not sure if it would or not. I am sure tho that registering is not a big bother. If I had a -real- question then the time taken to register would not prevent me from asking.
    Also it is likely to encourage people to particiate in dialogue long term, rather than asking for help and leaving. Growing in the monastery this is where next years saints will come.
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    Zigster
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      I too would register, but then we are of a similar attitude. I have to wonder whether or not the "Monestary Gates" and "Seekers of Perl Wisdom" type approach that is being used here rather conveys a more charitable message; a more open forum. Maybe that's what people find attractive.

      It's true to say that you can only be saint if you join, and I think that the people who have registered and joined represent a certain type of developer. If we were to force people to register, then they would not have made the "choice" to join. In order to make the choice to join and help others, you have to have the opportunity to make the choice, take that away and we may lose something special.

      Ponder ponder ...

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