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02-27-2002, 09:21 PM
Galen of Edgewood

This is not the "Do my Homework For Me" Forum

Just to let the newbies (or oldies that don't visit us :mad: ) know that this forum is not here to get us to do your homework for you.

If you are having problems getting down the concept of something (structs, Object Oriented code, threads, etc.), we'll do our darnest to help. Don't give us your homework assignment and expect, or even hope, that we'll do it for you. You'll be missing out on a great learning opportunity and that's cheating. Somehow, I don't think y'all want to get caught cheating on a public forum...

If we are feeling generous, we might actually help debug some of your prewritten code, but that's unlikely. ;) (It's a big enough pain to debug our own code! :eek: )

So, if you need help with a program, that we'll help with. You want us to DO your program, no luck...

Just FYI.
02-28-2002, 12:36 AM
biosx

In a Sean Connery voice: Well met..
03-01-2002, 12:40 AM
angomeka

true but it was the common everyday newbie mistake.
03-07-2002, 12:20 AM
fork

well put ... now if those people would only listen
03-14-2002, 12:43 PM
biscuitbandit

yeh i wud agree wiv that, i think that asking for some help on a function that confuses u when trying to do your project is ok, but anything more is just taking advantage of our kind and wonderful natures :P
03-20-2002, 02:02 PM
GeForce

Re: This is not the "Do my Homework For Me" Forum

Quote:

Originally posted by Galen of Edgewood
Just to let the newbies (or oldies that don't visit us :mad: ) know that this forum is not here to get us to do your homework for you.

If you are having problems getting down the concept of something (structs, Object Oriented code, threads, etc.), we'll do our darnest to help. Don't give us your homework assignment and expect, or even hope, that we'll do it for you. You'll be missing out on a great learning opportunity and that's cheating. Somehow, I don't think y'all want to get caught cheating on a public forum...

If we are feeling generous, we might actually help debug some of your prewritten code, but that's unlikely. ;) (It's a big enough pain to debug our own code! :eek: )

So, if you need help with a program, that we'll help with. You want us to DO your program, no luck...

Just FYI.

Oh, I better tell my friend that :)
He is always giving people his homework in forums, and chat rooms.. :D
03-20-2002, 05:45 PM
jester22c

Re: Re: This is not the "Do my Homework For Me" Forum

Quote:

Originally posted by GeForce

Oh, I better tell my friend that :)
He is always giving people his homework in forums, and chat rooms.. :D

If you are going to program professionally that can really hinder you. In the real world you can't always cut and paste your way through projects. I would advise your friend to start learning for himself.
03-29-2002, 09:50 AM
Dimitris

Uni lectures kinda suck and not everything is included in the notes, so some people would ask for help in the forums for things they do not know. That is a type of learning, and true, there are people that do abuse this, but isn't it better to believe in the good rather the bad in people? At least you are always sincere to yourself and the people who really need help;)
04-10-2002, 01:29 PM
rsaavedra

Quote:

Originally posted by angomeka
true but it was the common everyday newbie mistake.

what he left out on this message is "probably it was the same with you when you started and now u are a guru so for the next group of gurus to develop they need some of your fine expertise to do so... MASTER"
04-11-2002, 10:37 AM
Galen of Edgewood

Quote:

Originally posted by rsaavedra

what he left out on this message is "probably it was the same with you when you started and now u are a guru so for the next group of gurus to develop they need some of your fine expertise to do so... MASTER"

:rolleyes:

I am far from a guru, but I never asked people to do my homework for me. For one, it is cheating and against every school policy that I've ever heard about, and two, it ruins a perfect learning opportunity.

Besides, look at the title of this forum. It's Programming, Coding, and Scripting not "Post your homework and we'll do it for you". :D
04-11-2002, 10:56 AM
arcane_III

Yeah I remember working in the computer lab at college and there were always those few CS students who wanted you to do their projects for them.

Don't get me wrong, I don't mind helping someone who genuinely wants to learn, but lazy people really bother me.
04-12-2002, 06:07 PM
Radii

this is funny..because the exact same thing goes on at http://www.rentacoder.com with a twist
if your not familiar with that site...it lets people post corporate and non-corporate projects that people can bid on to develop. Seemed like a great idea until I started seeing some projects that resembled some of my early cs class programs. I looked at a few overviews and found one that said...
"For 10 points, print a linked list recursively using..."

10 points?! WOW a whole 10 points! I wonder if McDonalds accepts that!
I found a few more too, some that even included the class's original .pdf file overfiew with the class name included!
neways... as you can see this crap goes on elsewhere too. college students need to learn, and as Galen has stated, the real cheating happens when you miss out on the learning experience. as most seasoned programmers know, coding can be quite an experience and cheating only cheats yourself =\

radii
04-20-2002, 01:00 PM
Farmer_BOB

It's pretty cool when a Red Dragon tells you that he doesn't want to do your homework for you :) COOL!!! I'm just happy to know that there is a place like these forums that has all these great minds that you can ask help from, from time to time.
04-23-2002, 10:18 AM
Galen of Edgewood

Quote:

Originally posted by Farmer_BOB
It's pretty cool when a Red Dragon tells you that he doesn't want to do your homework for you :) COOL!!! I'm just happy to know that there is a place like these forums that has all these great minds that you can ask help from, from time to time.

:)

The other mod for this forum is a Grizzly Bear. We're not a pair to mess with. :D
04-25-2002, 05:06 PM
JuveDuke

Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
04-25-2002, 05:10 PM
Grizzly

Quote:

Originally posted by JuveDuke
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.

Light a man a fire, keep him warm for a day. Set a man on fire, keep him warm for a lifetime. :p
04-25-2002, 05:25 PM
bryce777

Quote:

Originally posted by Grizzly

Light a man a fire, keep him warm for a day. Set a man on fire, keep him warm for a lifetime. :p

This is classic!
04-25-2002, 08:03 PM
JuveDuke

Quote:

Originally posted by Grizzly

Light a man a fire, keep him warm for a day. Set a man on fire, keep him warm for a lifetime. :p

Just not a very long lifetime.
05-04-2002, 03:55 AM
Ra\/eN

Depends on who is lighting the fire ;)
05-19-2002, 12:53 AM
slavik

I got another one:

Show a monkey how to fly, and it will fly. Teach a monkey how to fly and it will build an airplane.

That's what we (people) are like, show us how to do something and we will do it, but if you teach us something we'll be able to use it somewhere else.

Quote:

Originally posted by Grizzly

Light a man a fire, keep him warm for a day. Set a man on fire, keep him warm for a lifetime. :p
05-22-2002, 04:15 PM
cipherlinux

Give an IU student a fish and he'll eat for a day. Teach an IU student to fish, along with giving him a fishing rod, tackle and bait and he'll starve...
05-31-2002, 06:19 PM
TheUltimateNewbie

http://www.sharkyforums.com/showthre...hreadid=135633

:rolleyes:
06-03-2002, 03:29 PM
e_dawg

Quote:

Originally posted by Grizzly

Light a man a fire, keep him warm for a day. Set a man on fire, keep him warm for a lifetime. :p

That is delicious... I need to put that in my sig somewhere...
06-03-2002, 03:37 PM
e_dawg

Quote:

Originally posted by TheUltimateNewbie
http://www.sharkyforums.com/showthre...hreadid=135633

:rolleyes:

Since it appears I am a first-generation, I would like to slap you upside the head for picking on that. As Grizz was trying to point out without being mean, it is so simple it isn't worth the effort to describe in detail.

Of course, I would have written it in C++ using the GD library to generate the coin data dynamically, but I am nuts... ;)
10-11-2002, 03:10 AM
ebo_digital

isn't this a funny f'in message subject to see when all of the sudden i stumble upon this great idea: why don't i go to sharky to get someone who loves coding to do my entry level 10 line bs VB coding since it'd be so easy. well, it wouldn't really be cheating w/ me, because the class i'm taking is mainly concerned w/ logic rather than actual coding, i.e. psuedocode and whatnot, but i have to come up w/ a VB solution also, and instructor says he will do it for you if you don't already know how to code, cuz that's not what this class is about, but the professor stinks, and i can't keep from looking at his gigantic nose every time i see him. since i see you guys dont really like people askin' though i will just deal w/ the stench and have him write it out while i appease him w/ 5 minutes of company.

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