{"id":119,"date":"2013-01-29T14:16:15","date_gmt":"2013-01-29T20:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gimpland.org\/now\/?p=119"},"modified":"2013-01-29T14:16:15","modified_gmt":"2013-01-29T20:16:15","slug":"how-to-ask-questions-the-smart-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gimpland.org\/now\/2013\/01\/how-to-ask-questions-the-smart-way\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Ask Questions The Smart Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just doing some light reading today and ran across &#8220;How To Ask Questions The Smart Way&#8221; by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eric_S._Raymond\">Eric Steven Raymond<\/a>. \u00a0I read this years ago, an instructor in college had us read through the whole thing. \u00a0Of course I forgot all about it and now it&#8217;s a new gem I&#8217;ll\u00a0reference\u00a0now and again. \u00a0Pay attention to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.catb.org\/~esr\/faqs\/smart-questions.html#asking\">When You Ask<\/a>\u00a0section, I think it lays out each pretty well.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catb.org\/~esr\/faqs\/smart-questions.html\">How To Ask Questions The Smart Way<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just doing some light reading today and ran across &#8220;How To Ask Questions The Smart Way&#8221; 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