Just Typed A Long Reply

[factor-fiction]

...on the linear equations thread but I was too late.

[Prudie]

What happened? I see it's gone

[Prudie]

Oh all of a sudden he's banned.

[boxtops]

Didn't I read on that thread - or one of the OP's others on maths - that the OP was posting the same questions on other sites too?

[factor-fiction]

Yes, that happens quite a lot. Maybe it was deemed to be spam. It would be better if we could get some advance notice though that a long standing thread is going to be pulled so we can avoid crafting a long reply, but I realise this can be impractical with mods understandably wanting to remain anonymous

[Peter Pedant]

put it here FF
I was quite taken with the proportion question,
as it seemed in a different order to the usual ones of multiply out (p+q)^2 and show all the steps !

It seemed a good example of someone doing far more NOT to exert himself than just getting down to the problems

[Baldric]

Boxy I did post a link to a few duplicated questions on other sites,
it was getting a bit spam like!

[Peter Pedant]

I was doing those linear eqn bit when I was 11 or 12
and was I as idle as abishek clearly was ?

yeah probably. [ I mean why use a wardrobe when the floor will do ? ]

[Peter Pedant]

not so much the home work kid
methyl
as outsourcing-the-homework kid...

[Old_Geezer]

That'll learn ya.

[pixie373]

I quite enjoyed them. It's been a good 30 years since i was doing those myself, so made me trawl my memory a bit!

[Prudie]

I've noticed (because I often join in) that Maths questions on here draw in a regular band of posters who want to do it first, do it best, explain it better and general oneupmanship (all in the nicest way).
Perhaps Ed could set a question of the week to satisfy this group, indeed factor why don't you do it?

[Old_Geezer]

I don't think that would give the same, "I'm able to help", type satisfaction. I'm unsurprised action was taken against the individual with the multiple question syndrome, but it is a pity the responses already given couldn't stay in case they were of interest to others. Ah well ...