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This question Client Server chat application[^] has a user provide his own solution, and accept it, thus getting rep points for the accepted solution. Surely, just as you can't vote for your own posts, you shouldn't be able to accept them either? If it stays possible, then the opportunities for "gaming the system" make it very, very easy to build a high Authority rep, by contributing nothing to the site...
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.
Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."
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I agree in principle but look at it from another way:
User asks question and answers it himself, so he took the time to provide the answer, shouldn't he be rewarded for doing so?
Not many people do this. Usually the user asks the question, waits for an answer, answer doesn't come or isn't copy past like they expected, so now they are forced to look for an answers them self forgetting all about the question and never 'closing' it or providing the answer they found.
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I don't have a problem with people answering their own question - I'm all for that as it helps others with a similar problem. I'm just not sure that it should be possible to accept an answer you have given.
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.
Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."
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They can't accept it themselves. The system does it for them.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010 ----- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010 ----- "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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I disagree unless someone is abusing the system... Reason being, if someone asks a question and no one provides a good solution... if a user later figures it out and provides a solution and posts it, he'll be helping out the community by allowing future users to be able to browse that question/solution. The whole point shouldn't really be the points, it should be the reference available for other devs, unless of course someone is abusing the system by using this to drive up their points.
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I agree ... so you should be able to accept it but you should get no rep points for doing so.
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That's a good idea, no points for answering your own question.
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The box in the lounge that displays the latest news / jokes / rants / ... is broken.
It's stuck on the News tab and clicking any other tab doesn't do anything at all.
Chrome 14.0.835.109 beta-m
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Confirmed in non-beta Chrome (13.0.782.215 m)
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Confirmed on FireFox 6.0.
Live for today. Plan for tomorrow. Party tonight!
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All fixed
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Or under the 'Learning Zones'?
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Dave, I looked at that section, but it seemed like it was all commercial stuff, not free. Not sure that Chris would want to put it there, although the title certainly fits.
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I think each of the zones is a sponsored zone to a given topic, don't think there would be any harm in it. Maybe he can get Stanford or MIT to sponsor the new free zone
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When I place a comment in the Q&A section I get the error message:
Oops! There seems to be a server problem, please try posting your comment later.
After the refreshing the page the comment is present and correct.
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I was doing a site update around this time. I assume the problem has since gone away?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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I will let you know as soon as I post a comment.
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Chris, I just placed a comment on this solution[^] and received the error message.
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Chris,
Might it have something to do with my name.
Because I noticed when I submit an answer in Q&A my name is displayed as André Kraak. After a refresh the name is correctly displayed.
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Chris,
What ever you did it worked, I just posted a comment and got no error message.
[Edit] Sorry, spoke to soon now I am getting the error again.
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modified on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 11:29 AM
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