How come I have to wait two days to answer my own question? That doesn't make sense. If anyone figures out the answer to their own question, it is best resolved by THEIR OWN ANSWER. It seems like that should shoot to the top of the stack, rather than wait down below... I would prepend that the best way to thread an answer is take whatever seems like the first applicable solution and than judging it based on it's ratings... not denying a users self solution for two days. That solution should be posted and than judged! No one (essentially) is going to bother judging an unconfirmed solution.
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I am confused! You are saying that you can figure it out in two days. If you are so confident in figuring it out then why to ask it? Some times you do find solution in less than two days but you don't expect it to be solved so easily so you should wait for two days. If the time limit will be removed than this site will loose its charm. It will be more like a quiz. Questioner will ask question and will give the answer. So its good to have such restrictions.
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Lol it's called a deadline. I didn't know that I would figure out an answer to my question. I'm glad I did. But isn't that why these communities are here? To help in case of emergence? Commented Sep 2, 2012 at 6:37
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Right. We reach out to get answers from others who have facility in this field. Or not, as you say. Derp. Commented Sep 2, 2012 at 6:55
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1@JonathanCrawford: There is a bigger picture. The way I see it is that members in the community give up their own free time to help out if they can because they like learning, passing on what they learned and together help creating a collection of knowledge hopefully useful to not only you or your case of emergency but also for any future user who may have a similar issue. To that end;
Nothe community is not here to serve only ones case of emergency.– NopeCommented Sep 2, 2012 at 10:57 -
But why in that context does helping people who need solutions quickly wrong? Since I could, in the end, help myself, why should the community be denied an answer to my question more quickly? One that could have possibly helped someone else in the interim 48 hours. But again, I acquiesce to the knowledge that I asked a question in the wrong place. Like perhaps I should have been able to accept my own answer within the 48 hours, but only be accepted by stack after review from another member of the community or until 48 hours were up? Commented Sep 4, 2012 at 5:48
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Nope. There is nothing wrong expecting solution quickly. Most of the answers comes in with in minutes provided you ask a good question and provide complete details. If you think you can answer you question then definitely you will use some other resource. So why don't you try to your best then come to this site? When you will feel I am done I cant solve it then come here and ask.– NewUserCommented Sep 4, 2012 at 6:11
did I deserve a down-merit for being new to the community?.. have you read the FAQ (link to it is in site-header) on what questions to ask and not to ask on the stackoverflow site (before it was migrated) which is for members who are new to the community? stackoverflow.com/faq Anyways, +1 for good question on meta.