Re: Re: Repetitive answers . . .

Jason Pruim lists@pruimphotography.com On Sep 15, 2011, at 3:22 AM, Nathan Nobbe wrote: > On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 10:06 PM, Joshua Stoutenburg > <jehoshua02@gmail.com>wrote: > >> On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 11:59 AM, Govinda <govinda.webdnatalk@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>>> As for duplicate answers..., >>> >>>> [snip] >>> >>> >>> Also newbies may tend to like the multiples answers.. for the different >> perspectives, as Dan said, but also when they are exact dupe answers - >> because then the newbie knows the answer is definitive.. and then stops >> asking the list.. and starts doing what work is called for. >>> >>> -Govinda >>> -- >>> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >>> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >>> >>> >> >> That's a good point. The absence of objection to a provided answer >> doesn't necessarily make it definitive since it could just be the >> masses passed over the conversation. Therefore, yes, duplicate >> answers are a good thing. >> >> Thanks everybody for your patience in helping this mailing list >> newcomer understand how things work. >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >> > wait, it sounds like we could use another answer .., yes ppl like to answer > things many times here, often with almost identical suggestions, and many > spins on how to approach the problem, including alternative perspectives on > life..; the ebb-&-flow of php-general ;) I've always thought that getting a couple fairly similar answers to the same question helped to validate the answer for someone who is in the early process of learning ;) > > -nathan