Re: Anonymity and Courage

Jeez... I hope you weren't talking about me.
I posted anonymously by mistake (honest), and I did have a dumb question (clearly labelled as such).

I certainly appreciated the helpful responses I received, which leads me to another question: What are your expectations wrt thank-you's?

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Re: (2) Anonymity and Courage ("thank-you's" if posted with working code snippet) by ybiC (Prior) on Jun 06, 2001 at 05:55 UTC
I sometimes post a "thank you" when I can include a working code snippet that shows how my original question was resolved. cheers, Don striving toward Perl Adept (it's pronounced "why-bick")	[reply]
Re: Re: (2) Anonymity and Courage ("thank-you's" if posted with working code snippet) by Sherlock (Deacon) on Jun 06, 2001 at 07:01 UTC
I think ybiC is on the right track. I guess I don't particularly mind thank you nodes, but they don't really do anyone much good. You can accomplish the same task by sending a /msg or two. However, if you're able to thank someone and show the resolution of your problem, I think you've added a great deal to the monastery. Take a look at this node that ran a while ago. It starts with a problem, then, a few monks offer possible solutions, and it ends with a fully integrated solution for everyone to see and review. If anyone ever runs into this problem in the future, hopefully, they'll stumble across this node and see the solution process along with the solution sitting right in front of them. If you really want to thank someone, show them how you used their solution. I'm sure they'll be happy to see that they were able to help. - Sherlock Skepticism is the source of knowledge as much as knowledge is the source of skepticism.	[reply]
Re: Re: Anonymity and Courage by Vynce (Friar) on Jun 06, 2001 at 05:59 UTC
++ update: by which i mean, that's all the thanks i expect for a helpful answer.	[reply]