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[chrisname]

POOR DESCRIPTION OF VAGUE ISSUE/PROBLEM

Copy-and-pasted homework question

MULTIPLE REQUESTS FOR HELP

IRRELEVANT PIECE OF UNINDENTED, UNCOMMENTED CODE

UNHELPFUL LIST OF COMPILER ERRORS

[chrisname]

DELETED POST

[Albatross]

@Line 4: Do not use [code] tags. Post your code like this:

#include<iostream.h>
void main()
{
cout<<"GTFO World!";
}

-Albatross

[Bazzy]

#include<iostream.h>
main()
{
cout<<"GTFO World!";
}

[Return 0]

Reported.

[filipe]

@chrisname: you forgot to mention you need the complete answer in 5 minutes...

[chrisname]

SARCASTIC AND ARROGANT COMMENT PERTAINING TO THE LACK OF A COMPLETE SOLUTION.

[Disch]

CANT HACK METROID

[D80DSL3A]

How about this one?
Yesterday I received a PM with this subject line:

I have no idea what to do hep plzz.

The body of the message contained just the problem statement.

I wondered why I had been chosen so I checked the users profile to see if I had any history of interaction with him. The guy joined yesterday and had made no posts yet.
I am assuming that he sent this PM to numerous members in the hope that someone would respond with a complete solution.

Have you guys/gals gotten many PM's like this?

I did respond, asking him to show his work so far and offering to help with the details.
I also warned him that I am an amateur. I'll be surprised if I hear back!

On the upside, his problem requires input validation - which I know I'm weak on - so I looked into it and learned a few new things! I guess I could thank him for that!

[Albatross]

I've never gotten any such PM. I got one requesting assistance with writing malware, but that's a little bit different doing homework (although... who knows?).

-Albatross

[Disch]

I've gotten similar PMs.

I always tell people to post on the forum

[Nohbdy]

ESSAY-LENGTH OVER-ANALYTICAL COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS WITH REALLY ANNOYING UNREADABLE DOUBLE SLASH INDENTATIONS

[Seraphimsan]

WITTY AND SARCASTIC PSEUDO-SOLUTION WRITTEN IN BRAINFUCK.

[Albatross]

PROMOTION OF SOME LANGUAGE OTHER THAN C++ FOR THE JOB, SAYING THAT THIS PROBLEM CAN BE SOLVED IN ONE LINE IN PYTHON AND THAT OTHER LANGUAGE.

-ALBATROSS

[D80DSL3A]

@Albatross and Disch: Thanks. I think I'll follow Disch's approach if it occurs again.

Also, regarding THAT GUY who frequently bashes C++ and claims the superiority of other languages ( I think one of them starts with an S ), his posts add entertainment value here! Especially in light of the reactions sometimes provoked!

Seriously though, I've found value in his posts because they remind me that I should know more than one programming language.

[m4ster r0shi]

@OP:

http://cplusplus.com/articles/how_to_ask/
http://cplusplus.com/forum/articles/31015/

[Kyon]

FLAME WITH A LOT OF QUOTES AND BARELY ANY ARGUMENTS.

And yeah, he is right sometimes, but most of the time I end up ignoring him / slyly making fun of him.

[Bazzy]

Debugger off!

[chrisname]

ASSERTION THAT YOU ALL "NEED" TO "GET A LIFE" WITH THE FURTHER IMPLICATION THAT YOU ARE HOMOSEXUALS.

[sargon94]

Haha, Tous sa est hyper rigolo. Continue SVP :)