At 5:42 PM +0100 8/26/08, Alex Chamberlain wrote:
Why do you always solve a problem you have been working on for a day as soon as you email a mail list!?!
The serious answer to that is -- when you have to explain the problem to others, it's often the first time you've fully realized the problem yourself.
I usually spend a lot of time writing a question to this group. The question has to be distinct, clear and specifically to the point. An example/demo is almost mandatory.
After doing all that, it's good to read the question yourself and ask if someone else had posted this question: 1) would you be able to understand what the problem was? 2) and could you solve it?
After that much evaluation, I usually find that I either already know the answer OR how to find the answer.
After repeating that cycle a couple of times, I either finish my post to the list or I forget what the hell I was doing. In either case, the problem passes.
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