Who is the worst programmer here??

Hello I am wonder who are the worst programmers on this forum and who do they work for? I look forward to excellent replies.

Hello I am wonder who are the worst programmers on
this forum and who do they work for? I look forward
to excellent replies.Sir,
I nominate ledion http://forum.java.sun.com/profile.jspa?userID=527937
Sincerely,
Slappy

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  • Lightroom 3 - The worst program Adobe has ever put out...

    If anyone cares to read this, I will be the first to say DO NOT UPGRADE!!
    I am spreading the word - facebook, word of mouth, every professional photographer in LA I know, blogs, etc. 
    You gotta raise hell to get changes.
    Lets see if Adobe will do anything about these issues...
    I thought that Adobe created "beta" for a reason - to smooth out all the kinks before they put the disk out. Nope. 
    I have been waiting for them to put out updates on many issues since I purchased the disk a month ago.... Still waiting Adobe!!!
    It is excruciating to watch my photos take literally 4-5 minutes to open.  Even worse, is the time it takes to save from Photoshop CS5 back to Lightroom - I timed 14min. FOR A PHOTO!
    I feel like the old days when I rendered video - went out to get a coffee, and came back to find the spinning of wheel of death still spinning.
    Oh, and I got to talk to India today too! for 3.5 hours - with no resolution to my problems. 
    Susheel accessed my computer remotely  - saw my catalog - sees 73,000 images, and asks "are you a photographer?"  REALLY?!  DId you REALLY just ask me that Susheel??
    Why I HATE Lightroom 3 - let me count the ways:
    1. Adobe closed their tech support in Portland (whom I have spoken to many times, and ALWAYS got my problems resolved.  They always went above & beyond the protocol - and we sit here and wonder why the US economy is crashing), now you get a no-name person in India or in the philippines (who have no extension, no email, not even a direct line so when you sit on a call for 3.5 hours and need to call back you are starting all over again.. Dear Adobe - do we live in 1980?? You are suppose to be a LEADER in technology. 
         I am morally against outsourcing, my artwork is all about the death of american industrial capitalism.  In a time when the US is in crisis, Adobe works on moving things out of the US.  I'm outraged - You can't get someone in the US EVEN IF YOU TRIED!  The best I could do was talk to someone in sales about this - wow. What does that say - American's "look good and sound good to sell our product, but when it comes to something advanced in technology like using the product and trouble shooting, we prefer to use someone with no extension in another country"
    2. They don't offer support for anyone who is running off a network (they expect professionals to be working off their local "c" drive or Mac internal hard drive.  HA!! 
    3. They continued to blame my network - even though my network is running smoothly, has no limitations on access, will open directly into photoshop just fine (and quick!), worked absolutely perfectly in Lightroom 2.... Yeah, it's the network, riiight.
    4. Lightroom 3 is corrupting files when opening into Photoshop CS5 - if I'm lucky enough to open them
    5. When I do get a photograph open, it loses it's filters once saved back into Lightroom (I rate my photos to help me navigate through the masses) - this really is hurting my workflow. When I shoot 800 images in the studio in one day - I DO NOT want to go back and fish around to find the edited version that lost its flag...
    6. I have been promised to get a phone call "sometime next week" since there is no extension I can call back on to move forward.  I'll keep you updated - let you know if Susheel keeps his word.  He couldn't tell me who was going to call me, or when, but he "assures" me it will happen.
         I wont hold my breath

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    Keith_Reeder wrote:
    ambienttroutmask wrote:
    So the worst programme Adobe ever put out, yet even though you can have a 30 day trial you still went out and brought it...
    Yep, everything is always someone else's fault. It's never because they've made a stupid decision to buy before making absolutely sure that the software will work for them.
    Seems like nobody is prepared to take responsibility for their own actions these days.
    So, by that logic Adobe does not have to take ANY responsibility for pushing this kludge out the door?  Given they had a RC ready almost INSTANTLY after release should be sufficient to show they KNEW they were pushing garbage out the door.  Adobe is indeed responsible for their offering a know buggy product, bugs which CROSS PLATFORMS so it has to be the core code design not the user hardware or anything a given user has done.  Sure some systems might have setups which help make these issues more apparent, but that is on Adobe to deal with as they should publish limitations and known configurations which can potentially induce greater problems...but these entail an admission and accepting responsibility for the original buggy release...btw, release notes used to be where one would find quirks info and how to work around them post system requirements being carved in stone and set to entice the lowest common denomonator user.
    One more thing...LR is marketed not as a PRO TOOL, it is sold as a tool for the average to hobby level photographer.  That is also has huge appeal to the pro market is a happy accidentally-on-purpose thing...but to berate people who don't feel it's their job to troubleshoot a commercial app is completely unreasonable...but anymore the US consumer is the largest beta tester group on the planet...I wonder how our EU counterparts are fairing as ironically, they have stronger consumer protection laws...try pushing a crap product out in the German market...heh-heh, yeah good luck with that.
    Actually I would say this is not the worst software Adobe has ever pushed out the door but perhaps the worst photography software they ever sent as RTM.  Many, many PDF related apps and utils have actually been worse and we won't get into what they have done to Flash and Dreamweaver after that acquisition.  The closest analog I can see if that of what happened to Norton products post Norton being purchased by Symmantec.
    However, I am willing to give Adobe time to address this because they did have the RC ready almost right away.  Should they have done this?  No way, but perhaps the marketing wonks put the company in the position where it had to meet the release date even if issues were discovered and fixes in the pipeline already and it was gonna be a 3-9 week delay before the issues were mostly fixed.  But they did and well, even those who ran the beta, ran the 30-day trial did not find the issues because they simply did not use that part of the program enough for the bugs to manifest their effects to the degree when you the user, realize something odd is happening.
    I too am pissed, beyond belief as I depend on LR for my business, I can, however work around it for a while but I don't make money as a photographer I use photography for my business so the issues, while causing huge levels of frustration, are not fatal....yet...all I know is I don't want to revert to LR2.7 because I have done so much work onLR3/ LR3.2RC already and the tools themselves are indeed superior in LR3.x....when they work and that is the rub.  So many here are telling those with these bugs affecting their income/workflow bought into this to save time and leverage the bestter NR/sharpening and I say much improved adjustment tools.  I don't use the lense profiles at all really so nothing special for me there.
    I would ask a question...I am sure this has been asked and answered but, eh, why not one more time because search is sooooo "haaaard"
    but does this issue affect all file types?  I am shooting DNG but can switch to PEF if needed and convert on import but would rather just shoot DNG.  I am not willing to switch to JPG because if I have to do this I give up too much control on my images, for that I would switch back to LR2.7.
    Also, what versions of Camera RAW were used in the beta and what versions are being used with LR3.  I know I did upgrade to ACR6.2(?) or whatever the most current version.  I understand there are a ton of factors at play in these bugs but I do doubt it's ACR as my old antique PS CS3 version of Photoshop does not have any problems, of course it's using the old version of ACR 4.6(?) again sorry I forget what version exactly but it's trivial and can be determined.
    I like LR because I don't need the advanced features of PS all that often, still PS is a fun tool to have as a backup for the complicated shots though I don't have time to really spend in it as I would like to...
    But in general I guess I am trying to say, Adobe had to know in advance of the RTM original LR3 because they had the RC ready almost instantly.  Of course past releases of LR also had the same experience just the bugs were, well, not as impactful I suppose.  I have been happy with LR since 1.x versions but this version is painful to support...and I as I previously posted I won't screw with Adobe's refund people, likely off-shored staff who get bonuses for talking customers OUT of getting a refund, I will simply file a chargeback with Mastercard...that is why I use it, so I don't have to let companies waste my time wading through their red-tape.  And btw, Adobe knows the customer will WIN any chargeback because this evidence of a known to be defective product was sold to the consumer and the customer even allowed the mfg to remediate the issue only they failed to deliver in a timely fashion.  So, if one is not happy just "go to the mattresses"...use the chargeback hammer.  The bonus is every chargeback granted to the consumer costs the retailer, Adobe in my case, $35 when they lose...

  • HT1498 How long does it take to download a @#$@#% movie!  It has been at it for over an hour.  Seriously?  Who has hours to wait around BEFORE watching a movie?  It now says 2 hours 4 minutes.  Unbelievable!  This is the worst way to rent movies!

    How long does it take to download a @#$@#% movie!  It has been at it for over an hour.  Seriously?  Who has hours to wait around BEFORE watching a movie?  It now says 2 hours 4 minutes.  Unbelievable!  This is the worst way to rent movies!

    I see you keep saying that vazandrew on different forums, but there is more going on here than dns settngs and available bandwidth..
    i have my dns settings set to the local isp. get 8mbps through speed test.. more often than not i can download an HD movie immediately, and SD movie has no issues at all..
    But tonight.. even though as i write this i have disabled all other devices on my network and am still getting my 8mbps downlod from speed test.. Ive just paid for Pacfic Rim.. it played immediately, but got to 46 minutes, and simply stopped.. i backed out resumed play and it bounced to 9 hours before i can watch.. i reset my modem/router, restarted the apple tv and its now currently sitting on 106 hours..
    my guess is it's the akamai network doing something stuipid.. this is a regular occurence and if you look deep enough, many people complain of the same issue...
    the worst thing about apple is i cant get a refund.. the second worst thing about apple even though im a huge fan, there is absolotely no point me writing this because apples first point of call is to blame the end user and other enviromental factors, meanwhile covering their own ***.. I've spent the last 18 years of my work life building and supporting IT/IS infrastructure.. so im not a dumb ***.. this is an apple issue, plain and simple.. maybe time to switch to amazon or azure.

  • Living in Japan and I'm an American who just signed up with Soft Bank the phone service here and spent a TON of money on an iPhone. I can't figure out how to connect my bank account at home to my app account so I can Skype my family. Please help!!!!

    Living in Japan and I'm an American who just signed up with Soft Bank the phone service here and spent a TON of money on an iPhone. I can't figure out how to connect my bank account at home to my app account so I can Skype my family. Please help!!!! I don't have a credit card nor do they gove debit cards to foreigners here, or at least it's really hard so I'm using my bank at home and still have a debit there. My phone number is 8 numbers plus the country code which is strange! Another thing is I was given a phone email that I was told to use for texting but I'm not sure how that works!! It's so frustrating too because no one speaks English here and I'm not very tech savvy. God bless you if you can help :)

    whichever app store you are connecting to, hyou need a credit card with an address in that country. Also, itunes gift cards must be in local currency too.
    If you are in japan, you need to use the japan app store

  • How do you transfer Apple IDs from one ipad to another iPad?  I got the new ipad and gave my ipad 2 to my wife who had the first version and now I can't get my Apple ID off so she can use her Apple ID.

    how do you transfer Apple IDs from one ipad to another iPad?  I got the new ipad and gave my ipad 2 to my wife who had the first version and now I can't get my Apple ID off so she can use her Apple ID.

    You don't transfer Apple ID's from one device to another one. You sign out in the settings, )the App Store and iTunes if necessary) and then sign in with the other ID.
    Settings>iTunes & App Stores>Apple ID>Sign out. Them sign in with the other ID. You can sign out of the app store and iTunes as well by going to the featured Atab in the App Store and the music tab in iTunes, swipe to the bottom and access the Apple ID in there.
    You should have erased the iOad before you gave it to her in Settings>General>Reset>Erase all content and settings. That way she could set up the iPad as new with her own Apple ID.
    Be aware of the fact that if you use each others ID's in order to download past purchased content to your own iPads, you will lock yourself out of your own ID as you will have associated your iPad with the other person's Apple ID.
    In other words, if you sign into your wife's ID on your iPad so that you can download an app or an album so that you don't have to pay for it again, you will lock yourself out of your Apple ID for 90 days.

  • I have a friend who was going to sync her phone with my computer to get the new update..  how do i add her phone with out her losing everything on her phone and not getting all my info on her phone..

    i have a friend who was going to sync her phone with my computer to get the new update..  how do i add her phone with out her losing everything on her phone and not getting all my info on her phone..

    First, create a separate login on your computer for your friend. Do this BEFORE you do anything else. Next, make sure iTunes is up to date. Then:
    1. Disable auto sync when an iPod/iPhone is connected under Preferences>Devices in iTunes.
    2. Make sure you have one contact & one event in the supported applications(Address Book, iCal) on your computer. These entries can be fake, doesn't matter, the important point is that these programs not be empty.
    3. Connect her phone, iTunes running, do not sync at this point.
    4. Store>Authorize this computer.
    5. File>Transfer Purchases(To make sure all purchased content on her phone will be in her itunes library).
    6. Right click in the device pane & select reset warnings.
    7. Right click again and select backup.
    8. Right click again & select restore from backup, select the backup you just made. When prompted to create another backup, decline.
    9. This MUST be followed by a sync to restore her itunes content, which you select from the various tabs, You'll get a popup regarding her contacts & calendars asking to merge or replace, select merge.
    You should be good to go.

  • Hi I bought an iPhone from my friend who forgot the username and password, and now my iPhone Aktyvyshn code and that it wants to register Forgot your password to her email, please guide me

    Hi I bought an iPhone from my friend who forgot the username and password, and now my iPhone Aktyvyshn code and that it wants to register Forgot your password to her email, please guide me

    You can NOT do so. Only the owner of the account used to lock the phone can remove it. Instructions for how to do so can be found within or linked from within the document I already linked to.
    Activation lock is an anti-theft feature designed to make the device useless to anyone other than the rightful owner.
    If your friend refuses to give your money back and can not or will not remove the activation lock, there is a fair possibility that the phone was not theirs to sell in the first place.

  • I am trying to help a friend who`s imac is giving her trouble. when the user logon is typed the machine begins to load, then in about a minute, kicks back out into the logon screen. ANY insight to her problem will be greatly appreicated?

    I am trying to help a friend who`s imac is giving her trouble. when the user logon is typed the machine begins to load, then in about a minute, kicks back out into the logon screen. ANY insight to her problem will be greatly appreicated?

    Start up in Safe Mode.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11212?viewlocale=en_US
    Repair Disk
    Steps 2 through 8
    http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5836
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1417

  • I had a girlfriend buy me an ipod for my mom's music at her Celebration of Life and someone took it.  Is there a way to track it down?  She did register it.  I can't believe someone did this to me on one of the worst days of my life.

    I had a girlfriend buy me an ipod for my mom's music at her Celebration of Life and someone took it.  Is there a way to track it down?  She did register it.  I can't believe someone did this to me on one of the worst days of my life.

    Unfortunately, unless you set up an iCloud account on the iPod and turned on Find My iPod before it was stolen, no.  Even if you did do that, there are many ways it could fail (for example, the thief could wipe it clean or not try to connect to a network or the network's location might not be known).  But, you could try it by logging in to iCloud and using the Find My iPhone applet.

  • I install a time capsule and I have to solve the last thing bsGN and it asks me for "a value for bsGN is required", I have no idea what it means. Somebody who knows what to do here? Thank you.

    H E L P !
    I am installing a time capsule and I have to solve a  last problem, bsGN and the system asks for "a value for bsGN is required", I have no idea what that means. Can anybody help me please? Thank you.

    There is no value bsGN in a Time Capsule.
    Where is this request coming from?
    Please give a screenshot.
    Who is the ISP? What kind of modem is it?
    I can find no info relevant to bsGN .. you will need to give us specifics or ring your ISP about it.
    Is bsGN even English?? Is it the ISP name??

  • Skype has by far the worst customer support I've e...

    I must say, I've been confronted with the worst of the worst: Comcast, Valve, AT&T but your customer service is a new peak. 
    It's the most incompetent and unprofessional customer service I've seen in pretty much my whole lifetime.
    I had a rather simple issue of my account being compromised and my password changed. So I contacted Customer Service step by step by your FAQ, filled out the form and provided all necessary information. Since that point, I have received 4 mails from 3 different employees (? I'm not even sure if these are human beings or just automated bots), telling me the same thing over and over again, prompting me to fill out the same form that I've already filled out thrice(!) with no results whatsoever. I keep getting the same copy-pasted default text every time.
    Do you people just have a network of bots sending a case around while copypasting the same text in it with the variety of putting one made up name from a long list to give the customer the illusion that his case is actually being worked on?
    So, customer service obviously has no intentions of helping me recover my account and drags a usual case in bueracracy without any results while treating their customers like complete morons.
    I will be looking for an alternative messanger for me and everyone I know and not going to bother making a new account, knowing how things are handled around here.
    I guess this is what the illusion of monopoly does to you. Making you treat your customers like utter garbage because they "have no other choice". Way to go, Microsoft.
    Edit: I just saw in related posts that other people had the same problem with the same frustration and never got an answer so I just wasted another 10 minutes on absolutely nothing because Skype doesn't care about their customers. I'm actually not surprised, seeing similar things in the industry every day.

    I also was talking to Francis F. Who forwarded me to the security team. I also asked if it would make any diffrence instead of being asked  the standard 4 questions I got asked many times. She said Yes. Today I saw  my mailbox and suddenly saw a skype message from the security team. It had the same 4 questions in it I need to awnser before getting any help...

  • Does Apple Canada have the worst customer support ever?

    Yes! Ask me why...
    I'm posting here a) to warn other Mac users what to expect if you ever need customer support and b) because there's no where you can actually e-mail comments to Apple, and trying to contact customer support has been fruitless (see below).
    Here's what happened to me...
    I bought my iBook just under three years ago - a few weeks ago, the logic board went. Now, because I purchased the computer less than three years ago, that's covered under the extended warranty for iBook logic boards (see here: http://www.apple.com/support/ibook/faq/).
    Simple, right? Well, I took my computer in to my local authorized service provider about three weeks ago. They confirmed the logic board was the problem... copied my receipt for the iBook to prove date of purchase... agreed that it was covered by the warranty.
    However, when they sent all this to Apple, their reply was that it was NOT covered because it was manufactured more than three years ago (although Apple's own website says it's purchase date - not manufacture date - that's important).
    I called Apple last Monday to find out what was going on. Spoke to a nice fellow named Kevin who said he'd look into it, and call me back the next day.
    Next day passed... no call. I called Kevin back left a message, and indicated I'd like to know what was going on.
    Wednesday passed... no call. By this point, I'm getting anxious - the service provider can't move ahead without authoriztion from Apple, Apple's not returning my calls (or the service provider's) to grant authorization.
    I tried Kevin again on Thursday. Left another message. No reply.
    Tried back on Friday morning. Left another message. Still no reply.
    Called customer support again Friday night. Antoine puts me hold for a half hour. I call back, explain that I've been on hold for half an hour, ask how long the wait should be. Antoine says two or three minutes. He puts me on hold again.
    For another ten minutes.
    I call back. Antoine explains that the reason I'm on hold is probably because customer service is closed. So why was I on hold for nearly an hour listening to terrible music? That's one of the mysteries of Apple customer support...
    So here I am, with a computer that's been in the shop nearly three weeks, that can't be repaired because Apple won't honour its warranty, and no way to even find out what's going on, because Apple's customer service is such an unnavigable maze.
    The sad thing is, I usually like Apples. I was even going to buy a new one this summer.
    Now - not a chance.
    The moral of the story? If you own an Apple, pray nothing ever goes wrong with it. If you expect your computer to ever need repairs, I'd suggest getting rid of your Apple now.
    If you're considering buying an Apple - consider again.
    As for me - from now on, make mine Microsoft.
    iBook G3 700   Mac OS X (10.4.6)  

    Does Apple Canada have the worst customer support ever?
    I doubt it.
    Seriously, would you like some help?
    Call back, and don't mess around with Customer Service. Immediately ask for Customer Relations. These are the people whose job it is to make an unhappy customer happy again. They aim to please.
    A polite, but seriously disappointed tone of voice is what you need, so take some deep breaths until you can achieve that.
    There was an article in the February, 2005, issue of Reader's Digest called "How to Complain." Please read these tips. Then call and tell Customer Relations your sad experience with Customer Service.
    How to Complain
    You call customer service to complain about a product, and you hang up angrier than when you started. That’s customer rage, a feeling experienced by millions of people with a major complaint, says Scott Broetzmann, president of an American firm that tells companies how to offer the best customer service. His secrets to getting good service:
    Have a goal
    If you want your product repaired, say so. Want an apology? Speak up.
    Keep it short
    Focus on one problem, and be succinct.
    Stick with it.
    You have to invest the time it takes. Don’t get what you want? Ask for a supervisor.
    Skip ultimatums
    Don’t threaten not to do business with them again. Why should they help you if you won’t buy from them in the future?
    Plead your case
    Many companies have information such as how much money you’ve spent with them and how often you complain. If you’re a good customer, they may be more willing to help.
    Be nice
    You’re unlikely to get what you want if you’re rude.
    Good luck!
    (P.S. Microsoft doesn't make computers; just the crappy OS that goes on them.)

  • X240 complaint - the worst customer service/experience I have ever had

    Hi All,
    I may be having the worst customer experience of my life (hopefully). Here is a summary of my tale:
    I am about to enter the final stage of a PhD and start tutoring, so I need a portable laptop.
    I believe that Lenovo is a professional company, which will provide quality laptops and good service. I choose them over dell and apple. 
    February: Buy x240 with 3 year warrenty. 1 month for laptop to arrive. Comes with a Dead pixel near middle of screen.
    March: As permitted by my warranty, I replace hard drive with new working ssd - it fails smart disk test after a few days in laptop
    I replace hard drive with new working ssd - it fails smart disk test after a few days in laptop
    April: After two new samsung ssds failing (and the third one I bought not having any issues in my desktop) and five installs (and two months wasted) I ring a CSR
    I explain I think I may have an issue with the motherboard. He says, send in the laptop and the SSD and we will replace/fix it. I clarify several times that the HD is not the one I recieved with the laptop. He says it is no issue. I get sent a box and send the laptop in.
    May: A week later I recieve call from CSR (ALVIN) saying that I will need to pay for new hard drive. He obviously doesn't understand my issue at all. I am unwilling to pay unless they send me back my disk so I can get the refund on it. He says he will get back to me. I say I will take a quote as I want to see if it is reasonable.
    After a few days, I call to see what is happening. I am told by ANNE that they will fix my motherboard for free and send me the hard disk back, but charge for the new hard disk put in.
    I get a a quote for $484 charging for courier costs and service. No information as to how it relates to the parts
    I refuse to accept the quote and send an email explaining the issue, and that I need the laptop back asap as I am leaving the country soon.
    I get a message back saying we will send you a new quote. I am also told that they tested the computer and the motherboard is at fault (contradicting what I was told before)
    After a week or so I get a new quote for $484. The issue description has changed and they have screwed up the tax charge. No information as to how the charges relates to the parts being replaced, or what I will even get
    After some more emails I am getting emails, and they won't even put their name on the email, so that I can see who I am talking to (even when I ask)
    '[email protected]'; '[email protected]'; '[email protected]' are my case managers but they are impossible to contact, and not very useful
    I find out that I cannot get a rfund on the SSD I sent as it has taken too long for me to claim (I lose $169 that it cost me)
    I buy an Macbook pro with applecare to use as my laptop in future.
    After a few more emails, I ring a CSR, they tell me that there was a mistake with the last quote and I will get a new one.
    Five days later, I call about the issue. I am told that the depot has not got back to them, but that I will get a call the next day and a quote.
    I don't get a call or a quote. I ring again and I am told that some other department is handling it, and that I need to wait.
    I think it has nearly been a month now that they have had the laptop for now, and I have yet to use myself as it has broken every time I set it up. I am just glad I can afford to buy a different brand of computer, otherwise I would pretty screwed as I need my laptop to travel on the 6th of June. 

    Just an update. I still haven't got it back (I leave the country in 4 days) and I asked for it to be returned over a week ago. Sent a email in last week (after calling and being told things would be sorted) Just going to ring up again and ask them what is happening now.

  • My little sister brought my ipod into the shower with her but it still works but it's weird, HELP!

    My little sister who happens to be 10 years old brought my ipod with her into the shower. When she finished she handed it back but it was wet. I quickly shooed her away not wanting to deal with her and when I turned it the lock screen had some parts faded and other even more faded but some still it's usually brightness. I sorta freaked out as I saw my home screen which had the volume sign if you will up but I hadn't touched the button i then quickly dried it. When I tried to see if I could lower the volume it took a while for it to actually work and it didn't disappear for a while. I tried to calm down and turn it again later but then it was still the same only the volume sign wasn't there. I repeated the process and sometimes the volume sign was there and sometimes it wasn't. I haven't told my parents yet or my older brother who had bought the ipod for me since he thought I would be responsible with it. If anyone knows how to fix it, PLEASE HELP!

    The worst thing you can do is turn the I pod on after it has been soaked in water. There is a remedy which has a decent track record of recovering iPods that have been doused in water. Believe it or not, the best thing you can do is to put the
    IPod into a bed of rice and leave it there for 4 or 5 days, the longer, the better. Make sure it is in the off mode.  Of course, there is no guarantee this will work, but it's about the only thing you can do.  With a little luck, it will come back to life.

  • EP forum is the worst forum when it comes to people rewarding points

    EP forum is the worst forum when it comes to people rewarding points. I wish somebody could moderate the EP forums.

    Hello Prakash,
    You have company. I do not know the exact statistics, but the ABAP Programming Forum is not far behind. Of late I find a lot of newbies in there and most of them don't even return back to look at what answers they've got, forget about rewarding points. If they do return, I keep trying to coax them into doing so :-).
    But there's always a trade-off between having the satisfaction of having cracked a tough problem and helping someone out and the disappointment of not getting the points for those answers which you have really spent effort trying to solve.
    There's one thing that you might want to do -
    1. Since you're a seasoned user here, you will be knowing about the trend of the points. For example, there are some users who always reward points. you can have a Watch for the posts made by them and the chances are you'll get the points you deserve. You'll even strike a rapport with some of them, as I have in the ABAP Forum.
    2. There will be certain questions which you simply can't let go, because they are so ineresting. You may have never thought about a particular possibility which someone else is trying to explore. but since you do have the basics very string, you can really set off and come up with a good answer. In such cases, you may not really bother about the points - because the idea might prod you to write a whole weblog on that, which will give you the points anyways. But, such questions are rare to come by - at least from my experience with the ABAP Forum.
    3. And lastly there are a few questions (actually there are several in the ABAP Forum) which have been asked several times in the past and answered. The person asking the question is either too lazy to do a search / is very new around here. If you want to, then you can remind that user to first do a search. These questions do not add value to the content on SDN. So <i>ideally</i>, we shouldn't be expecting to get any points for them. If the user remembers to give you the points, then it's okay, otherwise, I don't think it's a good idea to insist the user to give the points (this is of course, my personal opinion).
    4. Anyways, thanks to the increasing awareness about SDN among the developer community, there are more and more people who are getting conversant with new stuff. And these users will be able to solve questions which an experienced guy might consider very trivial - the reason, this guy had also learnt that answer very recently and answering the questions reinforces the concept. And he wouldn't mind the points too much :-). Hopefully, there'll always be such users  - which will ensure that every question gets answered regardless of whether the user asking the question is the kind who rewards points or not.
    Hmmm... That was a bit too long, wasn't it ? I just wanted to let you know that you're not alone :-). Let me know what you think.
    Regards,
    Anand Mandalika.

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