Quote :

"How do you detect the code page of a document?"

How would you respond?

3/4/2013 1:50:12 PM

I'd tell them they called the wrong number.

3/4/2013 1:51:06 PM

if it's an email, send them this:



[Edited on March 4, 2013 at 1:51 PM. Reason : .]

3/4/2013 1:51:12 PM

Context...it's a co-worker [in IT] asking a question. Perhaps asking about programming, but who knows.


[Edited on March 4, 2013 at 1:53 PM. Reason : ^ Thanks I'll have to save that for next time, of which there is sure to be one many]

3/4/2013 1:52:05 PM

"That's a big ask, can you do the needful and explain"

3/4/2013 1:56:11 PM

^

3/4/2013 1:56:39 PM

and revert

3/4/2013 1:56:55 PM

I would berate and belittle them, make that jackoff motion and then kill myself because I'm a lonely dick.

3/4/2013 1:58:52 PM

Every term in computer science is invented from abstract and arbitrary nouns. Be a man and ask for clarification until you can both agree on a common lexicon.

3/4/2013 2:01:44 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page

3/4/2013 2:04:02 PM

aww snap

I've never had to deal with anything but UTF-8 unicode in my limited experience.

[Edited on March 4, 2013 at 2:08 PM. Reason : .]

3/4/2013 2:05:46 PM

I agree with this synergestic approach crowdsourcing here is a great start. Perhaps he needs to de-dupe for a Web 2.0 environment, this way he can resonate with your needs. Lets start a word cloud and see how we can use gamification to a create a second screen experience to help clarify a robust solution.

3/4/2013 2:07:02 PM

My reply would be:

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=How+do+you+detect+the+code+page+of+a+document%3F

3/4/2013 2:19:27 PM

The correct answer for anything anyone asks you at work is always "Depends on who's askin"

I'm Krallum and I approved this message.

3/4/2013 2:20:51 PM