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Two years ago, I saw an answer(with a nice link) in Q/A section. I forgot to bookmark that one on that day. After somedays I forgot that answer too & everything(like what it's). After sometime I had same thought frequently to find that link. I remember only that's a .NET question. Without any clue(s) I tried some search using some keywords(changed frequently) but no luck. Many times I did the same thing like monthly twice/thrice minimum. Same thing continued till recent time.
Even the link was not much useful or important for me, I wanted to find that. It's just like finding answer for CCC or MQOTD.
Finally today I found that answer(link). This question[^] helped me to find that.
And the answer here[^] by Carlo.
I know it's a silly thing but now I got a special feeling by achieving this.
And the wonderful thing is the date of that answer is exactly 2 years ago(19-Dec-11)
The end.
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It's a nice link but to spend two years to search for it? 
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is (V).
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Very Paraphrased for the very lazy:
"Q: Which is the best collection class?"
SAK: None is better than the other, otherwise MS would not add the worse solution. All the classes serve some purpose*. Generics collections have effectively obsoleted non-generic collections for new code.
Carlo: Each serves it's own purpose,here is some guidance**. None is better than the other, otherwise why add the worse one to the framework
SAK's anaswer is the higher rated, despite providing less actually useful information IMHO. Then we have the real kicker, we have a comment on Carlo's answer: "voted 5 for this answer, but there is a bit more to it: I explained why not non-generic non-specialized collection classes should be avoided in favor of the generic ones. Please see my answer."
* Note the purpose isn't defined.
** Provides helpful MSDN link showing the intended purpose of each collection class
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Seems like a fairly normal SA response to me... 
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My belief that these are automated comments is increasing day by day. Why else would someone keep on doing same thing everywhere? I am not questioning his knowledge but it's like some kind of attention seeking activity.
"Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[ ^]
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That's the problem: he does know a lot, and he is good at what he knows. But he doesn't work well with beginners, and he always insists on the "perfect" approach, which isn't always the best...
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True. Sometimes, people just want some bug to be fixed. They are not really after in-depth knowledge of the defect or a solution that potentially means: "All you did is wrong. Redo everything this way.".
"Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[ ^]
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Most SAK's comments are by the template of you-are-right-but-i-know-better. So it's just normal with him...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is (V).
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As a self taught Hobbyist, I concur. But as I have come to understand more, His answer's are usually a Best practice.
David
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SAK walks the fine line between minimally correct and confusing, to me. He's a Big Name so he always gets lots of 5s, though. On complex questions he is brilliant, but on newbie questions I don't think he can bring his brain down to that level.
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OK, someone explain to me how SAK's answer is higher-rated? How is four votes of 5 higher than six votes of 5? 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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The votes are weighted by reputation . SAK'S answer is currently still higher when ordered by score. Also, I've upvoted Carlo, so he's had at least one extra vote since I opened it.
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Ah, that makes sense. It's just not exactly obvious when you look at the page.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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There is absolutely no truth to the rumors that SAK is a super-computer being field-tested by the Russian State Security Services for mass brain-washing of programmers to turn them into zombies under remote control.
If you seek to aid everyone that suffers in the galaxy, you will only weaken yourself … and weaken them. It is the internal struggles, when fought and won on their own, that yield the strongest rewards… If you care for others, then dispense with pity and sacrifice and recognize the value in letting them fight their own battles." Darth Traya
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I've listened to a number of productivity experts say you should let go of email, or at the least, don't do email as your first task in the morning.
This advice always comes across, to me, in the same way that people say you shouldn't eat carbs, or you shouldn't watch TV, or you shouldn't eat gluten. Great advice if you put it in context and if it applies to you (ie you're gluten intolerant) but otherwise a pointless and misleading generalisation if applied at face value.
I was just going through my morning email and realised that if I *don't* do my email rounds then I have about a dozen people waiting on me to get back to them, which in turn means there are people waiting on those people etc.
I get that you don't want to be a slave, but when you're in a position where others, as part of due-process, actually require an answer, a confirmation, or even simply an acknowledgment before they move ahead then ignoring email is about the most unproductive and selfish thing possible.
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If I don't do email, then there is every chance that I could miss out on something important from a client. It doesn't look very good to them if I were to say "oh, I don't do email until 2.30" - it's an excellent way for me to miss the email where they say they no longer want our services because we never reply to their emails in a timely fashion.
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Another stupid fad idea by someone who has never had to work in the real world.
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And yet, to be honest 85% of the mails are unnecessary. To filter out the other 15% ishorrible 
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But you can't just say "85% of this is garbage, so I'll ignore the other 15%".
That would be like throwing all you mail away unread and then complaining you didn't know you had been sent a speeding ticket or a tax refund cheque!
If you ignore it, it just mounts up, and then it takes even longer to go through it and sort it all out.
Years and years ago, I worked for a small company, and the bosses son did the accounts. He hated that part (can't say I blame him) so he left it until the end of the month. Then it took him a solid week to get it all processed. When I took over as MD, I also took the accounts work: and after a solid two week bash to catch up to where he was, I did the accounts every morning as the post arrived. Took me half an hour a day. So instead of a horrible 40 hour week, I was spending 12 hours a month, and I had a better idea of where we were from day to day.
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I agree with you and of course you are right.
But if the trash increases and increases (fortunately at the moment not exponential) it becomes sometimes really boring to clean up all this rubbish.
(sorry for my english, it is not my native lng).
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idle63 wrote: it becomes sometimes really boring to clean up all this rubbish
It does indeed!
That's one of the reasons I miss Outlook when I use my tablet for email: I have rules set up to sort things into appropriate folders, including "Quarantine" and "Junk" folders so only the good stuff is presented immediately. I have rules to get rid of individuals, domains, and the whole of Russia automatically!
I still have to check them quickly, but I haven't found anything miss filed for a few months now.
Unfortunately this doesn't work on my Nexus 7 and I have to do the filtering myself.
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Don't do simplistic 'don't do' advice.
Not doing email is like not accepting conversation from your colleagues, it means you're missing potentially vital information. What's important is to have a good filter and only give your address to people who need to have it and send appropriate communications, so you don't get swamped.
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Chris Maunder wrote: I've listened to a number of productivity experts say you should let go of email, or at the least, don't do email as your first task in the morning.
Yes, I saw that in my Inbox first thing in the morning and promptly deleted the message. 
/ravi
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In my position going through emails at the morning is a must. The emails should have a huge impact on what I will do next...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is (V).
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Well, don't take it too literally.
The problem with email first thing in the morning is that people get sucked in to tactical work.
I've gotten to the point where I can come in, start Outlook, look at the subject lines and determine if anything needs doing before shutting it down and getting to work.
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