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¿Question #2820?
Tim Synge: Hey, did you know that you can't ask exactly the same GeekQuestion twice? How come two different people can ask exactly the same GeekQuestion? (You know who I mean.)

ricardofo: 84
BOBBYCAN: All righty then. Moving on.
Randy Cox: The last question I got was "What do you believe that you cannot prove" and I think this falls into that category.
Michael Dorosh: That's two questions.
LordDrachen: i think it's a reptilian plot.
Woelf: Lies
beerbear: That is noice to know.
Spirit of 70: Because whatever filters are in place aren't set up to prevent it.
jessitron: That's BS. Sure you can.
DerDa: I didn't. Either the questions were not the same (like, using ? (Alpha) instead of A (Latin A)) or the constraint doesn't extend to different people or they both asked the same question before that constraint was implemented.
Polgara: because they are not the same person
Zarion of Arabel: no, cause
hob69: No and no
hancock.tom: How come this otherwise useful part of the site is mildly clogged with crappy questions? Oops, that wasn't an answer. Sorry!
DHEK: Yeah, I've heard about this. And the different people asking the same question... I think that shouldn't be allowed too. Probably an oversight.
Elf__Man: dunno
aleo09: wow.
Zacratorax: what
_Kael_: no, thought I did. How come...? Database tech story. (No I don't)
POvidiusNaso: It has to do with black holes and the time space continuum. You know. Geeky shit.
GuyHill: in the past you could
vampywife: hmm, the system is probably set up to weed out the same person from looking dumb and repeating a question he or she has already asked, but it should encompass everyone else to save them from that fate also.
prolifekilledmywife: Because the gods are cruel.
joebelanger: No, I didn't. I don't know.
heavymetalhamster: Because they are the rules!
brainrob: It may be down to the database design ...
dietevil: That could occur if the primary key on the table is a composite key of the user name and the question text. Or if the algorithm just compares to your own entries to determine uniqueness on the front end.
FrozenHoHos: It would be interesting if you couldn't use the same answer twice.
ct_cruiser: No I don't
kroxldyphivc: Who cares?
Chris Page: Computational processor limits?
Loquutus: Actuall, I've seen it done.
bigbadsteve: that is an interesting question
Kazin: Beaurocracy
Werebear: Special priviliges?
jellospike: You're starting to know too much... (points gun at head)... BANG!
scriptorum: You're all fired.
puffinge: you are correct, I have experimented with this. I suppose it's not allowed to prevent you from doing it by accident.
Culvan: *fzzzz*
sourwyrm: this question is a waste too
Ludocrazy: Ask Aldie
dakarp: Actually, I don't know who you mean.
anson: Two questions. Bad.
Lord_Prussian: I think I do. It seems like I've answered quite a few more than once.
JimPAX: Boy, really plumbing the deeper thoughts, aren't we?
Darkehorse: Because that's dumb.
djlg: The identification key id probably a hash of username and question text.
skrutsch: No. A bug in the program? Slightly different punctuation/spacing?
ValJor: Go ask Aldie, he's the man!
BaSL: no. no.
2amp: the forum is a "work in progress"
cpahle: Didnt know that!!!
jttm: Sighhh... and this matters how?
snoozefest: no, i didn't. oversight in coding.
CortexBomb: I do know. And I don't know.
skelebone: Punctuation counts.
Spielfreak: no
chaddyboy_2000: Uhhh, what?
CDRodeffer: I didn't know that, nor do I know why.