Does anyone ever look past the first few days

I have been reading the posts here and it seems like the same questions are
asked over and over and over. Doesn't anyone search the list. Currently
as I look at the total number of messages in the group (27,337) there should
be answers to about 70% + questions. In reality, there should only be about
3-4 thousand questions.


Lets say someone has a response to a question from two weeks ago, would
anyone see the response without scrolling down?

Henry,

Very interesting observation? apparently, since self-pronouns are important
for too many people, especially men, of which I am, much easier for just
making a New Post, rather than perform personal research. And then, sometimes
a New Post is made for identifying awareness within the Forum.

--
Life is Wonderful !


"Henry Jones" wrote:

> I have been reading the posts here and it seems like the same questions are
> asked over and over and over. Doesn't anyone search the list. Currently
> as I look at the total number of messages in the group (27,337) there should
> be answers to about 70% + questions. In reality, there should only be about
> 3-4 thousand questions.
>
>
> Lets say someone has a response to a question from two weeks ago, would
> anyone see the response without scrolling down?
>
>
>
>

It is a characteristic of the non-esoteric microsoft newsgroups that the
same questions are asked and answered over and over and over again.
Which is easier - to search and find, or to just ask for the answer?
Polish up your crystal ball and paste some answers - try being an expert.
Due to its hostility towards idiocy this is not a good group for a beginner,
but there are lots of others - why not find one and give it a whirl?

"Henry Jones" <henry@TheCheckIsInTheMail.com> wrote in message news:Osa51abOHHA.3544@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>I have been reading the posts here and it seems like the same questions are
> asked over and over and over. Doesn't anyone search the list. Currently
> as I look at the total number of messages in the group (27,337) there should
> be answers to about 70% + questions. In reality, there should only be about
> 3-4 thousand questions.
>
> Lets say someone has a response to a question from two weeks ago, would
> anyone see the response without scrolling down?

No they wouldn't. I posted a couple months ago that 90+% of the questions
here can be answered using the Help search box in Vista or the Help web site
search box at

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...S/default.mspx

The reason for the number is that the same people won't use search here. We
have a lazy planet and I live in a very lazy country. How else could a
delusional moron be spending billions of dollars while getting thousands of
people killed per month and continuing to help make sure little girls
waiting for a van are blown up like they were this morning?

http://www.juancole.com/
Breaking News: 60 Dead, 110 Wounded in University Bombing

Guerrillas used a car bomb and a suicide bomber to kill 60 persons, wounding
110 more, at the entrance to the Mustansiriya University in Baghdad, ,
according to Reuters. The article quotes a university official saying that
most of the casualties were female students returning home.

You're dealing with a population where nearly every kid was left behind. Now
they can turn on a computer and many of them occupy adult bodies.

CH


"Henry Jones" <henry@TheCheckIsInTheMail.com> wrote in message
news:Osa51abOHHA.3544@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>I have been reading the posts here and it seems like the same questions are
>asked over and over and over. Doesn't anyone search the list. Currently
>as I look at the total number of messages in the group (27,337) there
>should be answers to about 70% + questions. In reality, there should only
>be about 3-4 thousand questions.
>
>
> Lets say someone has a response to a question from two weeks ago, would
> anyone see the response without scrolling down?
>
>
>

Related to that are the endless questions about where to get a driver for
such-and-such a device. The obvious answer (and usually the only possible
one) is to visit the manufacturer's website. And then there are the folks
who have just bought a new, high-end box and just have to show off about it
by asking "Will my new quad-core box with the dual SLI video cards with 1GB
of video ram run Vista OK?" I just hate that kind of bragging.

"Henry Jones" <henry@TheCheckIsInTheMail.com> wrote in message
news:Osa51abOHHA.3544@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>I have been reading the posts here and it seems like the same questions are
>asked over and over and over. Doesn't anyone search the list. Currently
>as I look at the total number of messages in the group (27,337) there
>should be answers to about 70% + questions. In reality, there should only
>be about 3-4 thousand questions.
>
>
> Lets say someone has a response to a question from two weeks ago, would
> anyone see the response without scrolling down?
>
>
>

Chad,

Your response is so accurate and well articulated, brought tears to my eyes
just reading the factual described events ! was not aware of the current
events from Baghdad. Don't know which is the worst; children left behind, or
current Bagdad situation.

--
Life is Wonderful !


"Chad Harris" wrote:

> No they wouldn't. I posted a couple months ago that 90+% of the questions
> here can be answered using the Help search box in Vista or the Help web site
> search box at
>
> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...S/default.mspx
>
> The reason for the number is that the same people won't use search here. We
> have a lazy planet and I live in a very lazy country. How else could a
> delusional moron be spending billions of dollars while getting thousands of
> people killed per month and continuing to help make sure little girls
> waiting for a van are blown up like they were this morning?
>
> http://www.juancole.com/
> Breaking News: 60 Dead, 110 Wounded in University Bombing
>
> Guerrillas used a car bomb and a suicide bomber to kill 60 persons, wounding
> 110 more, at the entrance to the Mustansiriya University in Baghdad, ,
> according to Reuters. The article quotes a university official saying that
> most of the casualties were female students returning home.
>
> You're dealing with a population where nearly every kid was left behind. Now
> they can turn on a computer and many of them occupy adult bodies.
>
> CH
>
>
> "Henry Jones" <henry@TheCheckIsInTheMail.com> wrote in message
> news:Osa51abOHHA.3544@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> >I have been reading the posts here and it seems like the same questions are
> >asked over and over and over. Doesn't anyone search the list. Currently
> >as I look at the total number of messages in the group (27,337) there
> >should be answers to about 70% + questions. In reality, there should only
> >be about 3-4 thousand questions.
> >
> >
> > Lets say someone has a response to a question from two weeks ago, would
> > anyone see the response without scrolling down?
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>

Henry Jones wrote:
> I have been reading the posts here and it seems like the same questions are
> asked over and over and over. Doesn't anyone search the list. Currently
> as I look at the total number of messages in the group (27,337) there should
> be answers to about 70% + questions. In reality, there should only be about
> 3-4 thousand questions.
>
>
> Lets say someone has a response to a question from two weeks ago, would
> anyone see the response without scrolling down?
>
>
>

You haven't seen anything yet. Wait until Vista is released to the
general public ...

Alias

This is extremely typical of the MS newsgroups. Users don't think to look
first and ask later. Its not something that will get fixed unfortunately,
so many of us answer the questions over and over again.

steve

"Henry Jones" <henry@TheCheckIsInTheMail.com> wrote in message
news:Osa51abOHHA.3544@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>I have been reading the posts here and it seems like the same questions are
>asked over and over and over. Doesn't anyone search the list. Currently
>as I look at the total number of messages in the group (27,337) there
>should be answers to about 70% + questions. In reality, there should only
>be about 3-4 thousand questions.
>
>
> Lets say someone has a response to a question from two weeks ago, would
> anyone see the response without scrolling down?
>
>
>

Henry Jones spake thusly on 1/16/2007 2:38 PM:
> I have been reading the posts here and it seems like the same questions are
> asked over and over and over. Doesn't anyone search the list. Currently
> as I look at the total number of messages in the group (27,337) there should
> be answers to about 70% + questions. In reality, there should only be about
> 3-4 thousand questions.
>
>
> Lets say someone has a response to a question from two weeks ago, would
> anyone see the response without scrolling down?

Compared to other newsgroups (and not necessarily techie ones) this
place is utterly backasswards.

Yours is but one example.

No, wait until the first virus hits new vista users.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Alias" <aka@maskedandanonymous.eu> wrote in message
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> Henry Jones wrote:
>> I have been reading the posts here and it seems like the same questions
>> are asked over and over and over. Doesn't anyone search the list.
>> Currently as I look at the total number of messages in the group (27,337)
>> there should be answers to about 70% + questions. In reality, there
>> should only be about 3-4 thousand questions.
>>
>>
>> Lets say someone has a response to a question from two weeks ago, would
>> anyone see the response without scrolling down?
>>
>>
>>
>
> You haven't seen anything yet. Wait until Vista is released to the general
> public ...
>
> Alias