All, I used to hang out at Javaranch a few years back and am back to this forum. In this hiatus, I got used to Usenet and what I see here is a little disappointing.
A lot of the posts are plain simple and straightforward and don't really need to be posted at all. The questions and the tone of the questions seems to say "I'm too lazy to look up the answer so I'll be a sponge and see what the others say".
Before you post, PLEASE DO YOUR HOMEWORK (RTFM in Usenet-speak). If you find a question confusing on a mock exam or your exam guide, go back to your text book, reference or exam guide that you're using and figure out the answer. Spend about 10 min, read up, write a snippet of a few lines and try to figure out what the question is about.
Each question is designed to
test a principle. If you are not sure about the underlying principle on which a question is based, just knowing the answer to a particular question won't be good enough. A variation of the question WILL throw you off.
In fact, if you're not sure about the principles, you are making a grave mistake by taking a mock test to begin with.
Anytime you solve a problem, there is an idea underlying the problem. If you don't get that idea, you might as well not solve the problem.
And that's how you will REALLY LEARN and REMEMBER! If you read an answer someone gave you, chances are you'll forget it in a week or two.
If you still are confused or have an interesting observation to make, please post and share it with others.
Many a time I see that the posters are too shy or lazy to use the compiler.
Please respect others' time and energy. They're not here to help you with things you can and should do for yourself. Rather, they're here because they like what they do and are looking for new challenges. And, yes, they are here to help you and will be happy to do so.
Let's make this forum a little more professional and do a good job of it!
Of course, a disclaimer is in order for such an impassioned plea so here goes: this post is not intended as a finger pointing exercise towards anyone. Rather, it's a (naive?) attempt to try to make everyone a little more responsible in how they post and use this forum.
Bartenders, any time we sign up a new ranch hand, can we make it friendlier by sending them a URL to their registered email address with the JavaRanch FAQ? I see the standard questions "How do I prepare...", "Which book is good..", "Where can I find some mock exams...", "Differences between 1.4 and 1.5..." etc.
Also including the links in Barry's signature?
Ask a Meaningful Question and
HowToAskQuestionsOnJavaRanch No offence intended to anyone,
Sashi
[ December 14, 2005: Message edited by: Michael Ernest ]
[ December 14, 2005: Message edited by: Sasikanth Malladi ]
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