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| From | Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: Help with paper, rock, scissors game |
| Date | 2014-07-21 22:22 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <lqk3s1$j73$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | (4 earlier) <lqg6r8$58n$1@dont-email.me> <11b809de-5b61-44de-9971-5c8db172467a@googlegroups.com> <ac154357-e615-4a39-970a-5a8a10e30b93@googlegroups.com> <lqivf1$es9$1@dont-email.me> <lqk2g0$5da$1@speranza.aioe.org> |
On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 21:59:28 +0000, ĵess stone wrote: > In article lqivf1$es9$1@dont-email.me, Martin Gregorie said... > >> Each newsgroup has its own etiquette: this one doesn't encourage >> private replies, frowns on posting abuse and generally expects you to >> have used a web search before asking about something you could easily >> have found out by searching. > > Caveat: that only applies if it's obvious, without hindsight, that you > can easily find out by searching. So, when there's an obvious, fairly > specific search to use, that one can expect will produce only relevant > results. Not if all you have to go on is three letters, say, or if > someone says "mugwumps" and a search for "mugwumps" wouldn't tell you > much (perhaps because there's six or seven different things called > "mugwumps" rather than just one), and though a search for "cloverfish" > would, someone who didn't already know this stuff would have no reason > to think to search for "cloverfish" to find out about "mugwumps". Don't read all that carefully, do you? Ponder the meaning of "something you could easily have found out by searching" and reconsider your caveat. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |
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Help with paper, rock, scissors game scottwd01@gmail.com - 2014-07-18 23:35 -0700
Re: Help with paper, rock, scissors game leif.roar@invalid.com (Leif Roar Moldskred) - 2014-07-19 02:19 -0500
Re: Help with paper, rock, scissors game scottwd01@gmail.com - 2014-07-19 00:34 -0700
Re: Help with paper, rock, scissors game leif.roar@invalid.com (Leif Roar Moldskred) - 2014-07-19 03:49 -0500
Re: Help with paper, rock, scissors game lipska the kat <lipskathekat@example.com> - 2014-07-19 08:39 +0100
Re: Help with paper, rock, scissors game scottwd01@gmail.com - 2014-07-19 22:38 -0700
Re: Help with paper, rock, scissors game markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2014-07-19 23:12 -0700
Re: Help with paper, rock, scissors game Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2014-07-20 10:49 +0000
Re: Help with paper, rock, scissors game scottwd01@gmail.com - 2014-07-20 18:37 -0700
Re: Help with paper, rock, scissors game scottwd01@gmail.com - 2014-07-20 18:47 -0700
Re: Help with paper, rock, scissors game Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2014-07-21 12:01 +0000
Re: Help with paper, rock, scissors game ĵess stone <jess.st0ne@gmail.com> - 2014-07-21 21:59 +0000
Re: Help with paper, rock, scissors game Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2014-07-21 22:22 +0000
Re: Help with paper, rock, scissors game ĵess stone <jess.st0ne@gmail.com> - 2014-07-21 22:35 +0000
Re: Help with paper, rock, scissors game "Chris Uppal" <chris.uppal@metagnostic.REMOVE-THIS.org> - 2014-07-22 13:56 +0100
Re: Help with paper, rock, scissors game lipska the kat <lipskathekat@example.com> - 2014-07-20 12:29 +0100
Re: Help with paper, rock, scissors game Scott Dunning <scottwd01@gmail.com> - 2014-07-20 20:10 -0700
Re: Help with paper, rock, scissors game Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2014-07-19 02:51 -0700
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