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| Thread ID: 82020 | 2007-08-14 00:20:00 | Resolved Questions | Jan Birkeland (4741) | Press F1 |
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| 580654 | 2007-08-14 11:52:00 | Typical, a vocal minority want everything their own way. Suggestions like having Flags,and the person who is the thread starter should be the last poster are just nonsense ideas. This is a forum, everyone can input whether useful or not and it works quite well as it is. Just leave it alone or the more experienced members who are usually the most vocal and passionate are likely to go elsewhere. Well I'm sorry if I talk nonsense, it just seems to come spilling out in the presence of certain people. As pointed out above, flagging or marking a thread is rather trivial if the forum software has that option. Expert Exchange is another such forum and, it happens to work rather well when your trolling through threads that are the result of a specific search and within the threads itself. You see, it really does allow you to get to the nub of the issue and filter out the crap posts by crap posters. There, now that I have that off my chest, have you come across any mirrors lately? |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 580655 | 2007-08-14 14:09:00 | A forum is a forum ...That's the nature of the beasties Love the nice, crisp, Thought Police Uniform though ! :thumbs: |
DUNK (1527) | ||
| 580656 | 2007-08-14 16:34:00 | Just to throw my two cents worth in :2cents: There you go:lol: What happens in the Microsoft Forums, is if a post is the right answer the person who asks can select a "right answer" button in the post . It then shows up in the forum with a big green tick so others can see the result . BUT it still requires the person to actually come back and make that action . This would be a featre that PCworld would have to build into the forum site Oh, Yeah! I'd like to see who it is that offers the insightful check mark to inform everyone that indeed the answer is now completed and the question is resolved . Sounds like there is going to be some all-knowing, all-seeing umbral mentor telling us when we are right-, close-to-right and 'way off the mark . That's a lot of presumptive power there, Jan! I don't think ANYONE should have a cudgel* like that . . . there's your ivory tower again, with a king and queen and a "let 'em eat cake" attitude . If the regal ones feel the peasants need steering and pillorying, then perhaps there should also be a peasant grading system, implemented by a hand-chosen panel of moderators, (of course!), to put on a pedestal those whom meet the appropriate criteria and totally agree with the site's Übermensch . (read: eponymous protagonist contenders) Sounds to me like an atteempt to separate the idiots from the savants . . . . with the mods deciding where the squiggly line is drawn . We could then just block those who are so deemed as stupid so we can avoid their blather all together . I offer a peasant grading system so one could decide what type of answers the reader might like to read from a scale of 1-to-6 . 1) Almighty Correct Supreme-O-Ones: utterly insightful, benevolent, outstandingly worthy; deified by and aligned with The Regime's Tower Meisters: preferrably exceptional Rectal Osculators . 2) Lesser-than-Almighty Ones: perhaps intelligent yet having a piquant sense of humor and some ribald command of the English language . 3) General Populous: underlings of less-than-average insightfullness and resourcefulness, capable of dumping urine out of a boot if the instructions are printed on the heel . 4) Lower Sloths: Cretins with not totally unpleasant outward appearances who MAY occasionally display wit and charm, yet have no real insight into what the question is or the answer might be . These may exude odoriferous body aromas and are therefor not invited into class 1 or class 2 social circles . Trench dwellers who have some experience and deserve to be listened to . 5) Court Jester(s): Buffoons who can be most assured of acting as their name implies . Some may exhibit true jocularity; others may only dabble at being entertaining but seriously missing the mark . This group may also contain closeted ne'er-do-wells and myopic toadies with no personal arena of expertise, but prove to be entertaining none the less with their input . They don't know what "Rectal Osculators" are, but try to emulate them anyway . 6) Lower-Than-Lowest Slobbovians: This category includes texters who cannot find the vowels with both thumbs and a keyboard map . Also included are those who do not finalize whether they have achieved what their original quest was, or even closing the post with: "Thanks-for-the-help-and-now-I-am-happy" You're traipsing on a slippery slope here . . . and this is NOT a Micro$oft forum either . . that's why we are here in the first place . :mad: * A club or cudgel is perhaps the simplest of all mêlée weapons . Essentially, a cudgel is simply a large conic instrument with which to hit things or people . Related mêlée weapons such as maces, and flails are variations upon the club . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 580657 | 2007-08-14 23:37:00 | Why on earth is this topic a sticky? Are we catering for hurt egos or something: :( :( |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 580658 | 2007-08-15 01:45:00 | [Quote] Oh, Yeah! I'd like to see who it is that offers the insightful check mark to inform everyone that indeed the answer is now completed and the question is resolved . Sounds like there is going to be some all-knowing, all-seeing umbral mentor telling us when we are right-, close-to-right and 'way off the mark . That's a lot of presumptive power there, Jan! I don't think ANYONE should have a cudgel* like that . . . there's your ivory tower again, with a king and queen and a "let 'em eat cake" attitude . [End] Far from it, while we all know very well that there is usually more than 1 answer to a problem and the answer actually given by someone trying to help works on 1 persons PC, doesn't mean it will work on the same problem on some one elses PC . In the Microsoft forums this is happening all the time . BUT what it does do is give some one the option of actually locating a POSSIBLE answer to their problem . Hell I've seen in the MS forums answers marked as "the Answer" then some one else says that doesn't work for them, so then another suggestion is made which may or may not work . I know some people think that the only way is their way - But if thats so then why do peopel still have problems - NOBODY knows every thing, if they did we wouldn't have any problems, as they would have MS working for them, finding and fixing all the faults . Personally I still think there should be some way of marking an answer that DID work for a certain problem this time, that way people dont have to wade through pages and pages of comments looking . If you had a choice of 3 answers for example, then you can try them all, and if you are thankful enough for the help, mark it as the answer that worked for you with your problem this time . Just my two cent worth LOL:2cents: |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 580659 | 2007-08-15 01:53:00 | For pities sake you guys, there's no talk of castrating you (girls excepted and it's not a bad idea actually, it will lower the aggression in the more feral breeds), you're not being asked to down trough for inspection, you're not being asked to do any work even (so normal status applies), you're not being limited in any way if you don't wish to be (see Jan's explanation if you can read it through the red mist). Ultimately, all that is being suggested is that questions that are resolved will be marked to indicate that status. Who cares who the f*** does the sifting and marking, it will help users with enquiries ya blimmin pathetic whingeing numbskulls , *** pull yer heads in. Caveat: Obviously someone will have to ID the solved threads. Perhaps the reason why this is a suggestion is that people will have to be found to do this work. Volunteers. |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 580660 | 2007-08-15 02:11:00 | Ultimately, all that is being suggested is that questions that are resolved will be marked to indicate that status. Who cares who the f*** does the sifting and marking, it will help users with enquiries ya blimmin pathetic whingeing numbskulls , *** pull yer heads in. Caveat: Obviously someone will have to ID the solved threads. Perhaps the reason why this is a suggestion is that people will have to be found to do this work. Volunteers. Exactly - Just altering my post ever so slightly - If someone asks a question if they are thankful enough for the help, mark it as the answer that worked for them with Their problem this time. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 580661 | 2007-08-15 02:14:00 | Lmao. I love a good train wreck. And Jan, No more deleting my posts or sending me PM's aye? Thats a good lad.:D |
Metla (12) | ||
| 580662 | 2007-08-15 02:16:00 | Hey metla - have you been naughty to get PM's from the moderator;) Only kidding |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 580663 | 2007-08-15 02:45:00 | Lurv is in the air. | Murray P (44) | ||
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