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The point I'm trying to make is that QOD could become quite a useful method of seeing whether you are up to speed with your peers. If you have a score of 50% is that good or bad - you don't know so you compare it against your peers. If the peer results are skewed then interest will wane as people become dispirited because their (honest) scores are low and the dishonest top scorers will also get bored.
Turning of the ability to answer the question after the answer is published still won't let you compare yourself to others.
Let's say you can't answer a day later. Okay, so are you comparing yourself to peers who answer from knowledge or are you comparing yourself to peers who look up the answer?
It makes a difference. Let's say I only answer using my personal knowledge and never use BOL or any other reference (don't even test possibilities)...strictly from my head. Is my whatever percent comparable to another persons exact same percent? Probably not.
Unless everyone and I mean everyone is using the same method to get the answers you'll never truly be able to compare yourself to the others. Also, everyone would have to answer ALL the questions. I know I don't. If I see a real stumper, I wait to see the answer the next day.
How do you do a comparison of yourself to someone who only answers the 'easy' questions, or the questions they are very sure they know the answer to?
I like it the way it is. If I'm on vacation and can't answer questions, I still have the ability to test myself later.
Also, I only use it to see how well I know my SQL Server. Since I can pick the questions I want to answer and since I can pick how I want to figure out the answer, I know that I SHOULD do well on the questions. The results gives me a guideline on what I actually know and what I need to work on.
I vote to leave it as it is.
-SQLBill