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From: Daniel Pitts on 10 Mar 2010 20:20
On 3/10/2010 10:11 AM, markspace wrote:
> RedGrittyBrick wrote:
>
>>> You could have just answered the questions and
>>> stopped there, instead of worrying about whether's it my homework or
>>> assignment work. Or atleast you could have suggested me to name the
>>> class properly. But you chose the wrong path.
>>
>> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#homework
>
>
> I don't mind answering homework questions. The more dummies who never
> learned to think in the class room, the more job opportunities for me.
Unfortunately, it may also be the bigger the dummy you have to report to.

I've been lucky with my managers, but not everyone is.

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From: Joshua Cranmer on 10 Mar 2010 20:23
On 03/10/2010 07:31 PM, Arne Vajh�j wrote:
> Nothing is more cruel than supplying the answers to
> homework, so that the students does not learn what they
> need to learn.

And nothing is sadder than doing so and watching the student still make
the same mistake on the test.

On a related note: what is so hard to understand about addressability
and address space?

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tried it. -- Donald E. Knuth
From: Arne Vajhøj on 10 Mar 2010 21:32
On 10-03-2010 20:23, Joshua Cranmer wrote:
> On 03/10/2010 07:31 PM, Arne Vajh�j wrote:
>> Nothing is more cruel than supplying the answers to
>> homework, so that the students does not learn what they
>> need to learn.
>
> And nothing is sadder than doing so and watching the student still make
> the same mistake on the test.

:-(

> On a related note: what is so hard to understand about addressability
> and address space?

You lost me.

Arne

From: markspace on 11 Mar 2010 13:01
Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 10-03-2010 13:11, markspace wrote:
>> RedGrittyBrick wrote:
>>> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#homework
>>
>> I don't mind answering homework questions. The more dummies who never
>> learned to think in the class room, the more job opportunities for me.
>
> Tsk tsk


Probably overly harsh on my part, but still, perhaps the OP will take
the point.
From: Lew on 11 Mar 2010 19:52
RedGrittyBrick wrote:
>>>> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#homework

markspace wrote:
>>> I don't mind answering homework questions. The more dummies who never
>>> learned to think in the class room, the more job opportunities for me.

Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> Tsk tsk

markspace wrote:
> Probably overly harsh on my part, but still, perhaps the OP will take
> the point.

I doubt it, given his harsh reaction to simply being asked if it was homework,
without any criticism attached to the question. That doesn't really seem like
the action of someone who'd take the point.

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Lew
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