Would you recommend Experts Exchange?
I tried this a little a while back, almost a year ago and I liked it. Your questions seemed to be answered relatively quickly. It now costs around $10 a month though. Anyone have any opinions on EE?
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Ben Franklin
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"The internet is a great way to get on the net." --Bob Dole
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sthomas
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It seems whenever I do a google search for a problem I am having I run into there site a lot. It makes me mad when I scroll down and can't read the responses because you have to pay.
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JDMurray
Admin Posts: 13,078 Admin
I used EE a lot for solving programming problems back when you could just delete a cookie to get access to the "for pay" answers. It took them years to implement a better protection scheme. I didn't notice that I found more answers to my problems at EE than at another programmer's Web site, but I did find some useful and clever solutions there. -
mog27
Member Posts: 302
JDMurray wrote:I used EE a lot for solving programming problems back when you could just delete a cookie to get access to the "for pay" answers. It took them years to implement a better protection scheme. I didn't notice that I found more answers to my problems at EE than at another programmer's Web site, but I did find some useful and clever solutions there.
You were so bad!
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Ben Franklin
"The internet is a great way to get on the net." --Bob Dole -
Megadeth4168
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EE is a great site.... You can sign up for a free account there that will allow you to post solutions and browse solutions, but I don't know if it will allow you to ask a question without a subscription. -
mog27
Member Posts: 302
Im considering registering and paying the fee so I have it as a backup in case I run into a tech issue at work I need a response to asap."They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Ben Franklin
"The internet is a great way to get on the net." --Bob Dole -
JDMurray
Admin Posts: 13,078 Admin
I don't think much of security schemes that can be defeated by simply clearing the cookies from your browser cache.mog27 wrote:
You were so bad!JDMurray wrote:I used EE a lot for solving programming problems back when you could just delete a cookie to get access to the "for pay" answers. It took them years to implement a better protection scheme.
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blargoe
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If you used google to get there the answers appear in Google's cacheJDMurray wrote:
I don't think much of security schemes that can be defeated by simply clearing the cookies from your browser cache.mog27 wrote:
You were so bad!JDMurray wrote:I used EE a lot for solving programming problems back when you could just delete a cookie to get access to the "for pay" answers. It took them years to implement a better protection scheme.
IT guy since 12/00
Recent: 11/2019 - RHCSA (RHEL 7); 2/2019 - Updated VCP to 6.5 (just a few days before VMware discontinued the re-cert policy...)
Working on: RHCE/Ansible
Future: Probably continued Red Hat Immersion, Possibly VCAP Design, or maybe a completely different path. Depends on job demands... -
RTmarc
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Another pro-EE vote. Sometimes there are just some issues you can't solve yourself. Doesn't matter how experienced you are or how many certifications you have, there's always something out there you don't know (or forget).
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JDMurray
Admin Posts: 13,078 Admin
EE has implemented a clever scheme whereby the answers are displayed as obscured images to unregistered users and now do not turn up in a Google searches to be cached. This means that EE will receive fewer hits from Google searches, but they'll encourage more people to pay.Sie wrote:blargoe wrote:If you used google to get there the answers appear in Google's cache
What I was going to mention but being an upstanding kind of guy I never do this..... -
NPA24
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I use EE almost all the time. I'm always running into issues where I need to find a more creative solution because of just how our environment is setup. Signing up is free and when you are registered you can actually see the threads. Also this site is good to sharpen your technical skills.
I volunteer my time while I'm on the website to answer and give feedback to people's questions. Also after posting and helping others in the site...you accumulate points and once you reach some point threshhold...then you will be a premier member which will allow you to post your own questions.
The fee is only for people who want to ask questions. Other than that I think it's a great site and it has a strong community filled with very smart people.
IMHO - 2 thumbs up! -
Sie
Member Posts: 1,195
JDMurray wrote:
EE has implemented a clever scheme whereby the answers are displayed as obscured images to unregistered users and now do not turn up in a Google searches to be cached. This means that EE will receive fewer hits from Google searches, but they'll encourage more people to pay.Sie wrote:blargoe wrote:If you used google to get there the answers appear in Google's cache
What I was going to mention but being an upstanding kind of guy I never do this.....
Shows when the last time I did this was!!Foolproof systems don't take into account the ingenuity of fools -
garv221
Member Posts: 1,914
JDMurray wrote:I used EE a lot for solving programming problems back when you could just delete a cookie to get access to the "for pay" answers. It took them years to implement a better protection scheme. I didn't notice that I found more answers to my problems at EE than at another programmer's Web site, but I did find some useful and clever solutions there.
Now it is done my IP.
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kevozz
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I like EE. I've found practically every answer i could find through them somewhere else on the internet, but it usually takes longer to do the research yourself. It's great for a business where time is money. There are some very knowledgeable people on the site.
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Sie
Member Posts: 1,195
JDMurray wrote:
EE has implemented a clever scheme whereby the answers are displayed as obscured images to unregistered users and now do not turn up in a Google searches to be cached. This means that EE will receive fewer hits from Google searches, but they'll encourage more people to pay.Sie wrote:blargoe wrote:If you used google to get there the answers appear in Google's cache
What I was going to mention but being an upstanding kind of guy I never do this.....
Checked this the other day and still works same with google cache. Two different questions.
Maybe i was just lucky!
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mgeorge
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If I remember correctly, the forums used to be free but I quit going there after they tried to commercialize it.
Sounds kinda like Oracle and MySQL. Oracle bought MySQL then commercialized it.There is no place like 127.0.0.1 -
jad75
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I'm gonna have to go against the grain here and say that I really dislike EE. People there are so obsessed about getting points for answering questions that when you ask a question it is quickly spammed with a bunch of cut and paste replies that usually show that the person replying didn't even bother to fully read and comprehend your question. It is frustrating.
