| Matt Silberstein 2005-08-30, 6:58 pm |
| On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 14:04:46 -0300, in alt.www.webmaster , "Norman L.
DeForest" <af380@chebucto.ns.ca> in
<Pine.GSO.3.95.iB1.0.1050830135721.5388A-100000@halifax.chebucto.ns.ca>
wrote:
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>On Tue, 30 Aug 2005, Marc Bissonnette wrote:
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>I remember reading about a university support desk for student programmers
>that had a teddy bear in the reception area. An ironclad rule was that
>any student wanting help with his/her program had to describe the problem
>to the teddy bear in complete detail before asking the actual support
>people. Just describing the problem to the bear was often enough for a
>student to realise where he/she was going wrong. Apparently the teddy
>bear was responsible for solving more than half of the support desk
>enquiries.
More than once I have gone to a colleague with a problem, showed the
code and, in explaining the problem, put my finger directly on the
offending line. One of the unfortunate results of this is that I talk
to myself as I work, hoping that I can then solve the problem.
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Matt Silberstein
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