Computer Hope
Other => Other => Topic started by: Cityscape on May 09, 2009, 07:09:11 PM
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Anybody here also on Yahoo! Answers.
I am and love the computer section there.
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Yahoo Answers is a huge scam, in my opinion.
Half the answers you get from their website have one word answers, or things that I would never consider an answer... eg: "LOL!!!!!"
I've used Yahoo Answers a few times, and then I just quit using it. Its a pain to deal with the people there who choose to provide the most unhelpful answers, just to get points.
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Moved out of chat section.....
I have found Yahoo answers to be pretty helpful at times....and other times, completely useless.
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Sometimes. :)
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people...who choose to provide the most unhelpful answers, just to get points.
Normally i would agree with you. But the computer section is good, nothing like you described. Majority of the rest of sections are unhelpful.
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I used to be on it. Useless place and I had to tell the person that evert\yones answers where wrong cause they always are.
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thats how I felt a good bit of the time and when I did I never got credit ether. I done ones that I can do and such like all of us but it's hard when you cant really leed ether.
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I used to visit Yahoo Answers but I got tired of all the stupid questions like.
How can I can tell if a person really likes me?
I caught my girlfriend cheating on me with my sister so do you think I should dump her?
My 3 year old has a 109 deg fever do you think I should take her to the hospital?
Does any one have any cheat codes for Pong?
I need the name of a game I used to play. All I can remember is it had a guy with a sword.
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you appearntly werent in the right section.
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My 3 year old has a 109 deg fever do you think I should take her to the hospital?
That person is definitely not a parent ;)
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I haven't used the computer section but have a number of others. Not found it much use.
PS Can I meet the girlfriend and sister, sound fun! ;)
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That person is definitely not a parent ;)
I wonder how they took the dogs temperature. :P
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I recall one think it was here really about a built in cup holder.
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Quite a few of the questions on Answers.yahoo.com are put up as jokes as well... and a majority by very young people who do not understand apropriate communication skills... (thus why they use excessive shorthand that mak absol. N cense @ all, and 4 da life 0f m3, i just dont git it.) (It took me 45 seconds to write that... depressing)
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but i have received decent responses at times, just gotta know where you ask, when you ask and how you ask.
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I was banned from posting in Yahoo Answers. I think I was making the moderators look bad...
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::) that is a bad thing????
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The mods were not doing what they are supposed to be doing? ;)
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I was banned from posting in Yahoo Answers.
I was too...for no reason.
So I just created a new account, and started being really careful.
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same
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http://www.ibored.com/2008/12/yahoo-answers-fail-crapping-th.html (http://www.ibored.com/2008/12/yahoo-answers-fail-crapping-th.html)
http://www.failpix.net/2009/04/03/yahoo-answers-pregnancy-fail/ (http://www.failpix.net/2009/04/03/yahoo-answers-pregnancy-fail/)
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2pyb1a1&s=4 (http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2pyb1a1&s=4)
http://www.datingish.com/699604706/alert-you-cannot-get-pregnant-from-webcam-sex/ (http://www.datingish.com/699604706/alert-you-cannot-get-pregnant-from-webcam-sex/)
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http://www.ibored.com/2008/12/yahoo-answers-fail-crapping-th.html (http://www.ibored.com/2008/12/yahoo-answers-fail-crapping-th.html)
http://www.failpix.net/2009/04/03/yahoo-answers-pregnancy-fail/ (http://www.failpix.net/2009/04/03/yahoo-answers-pregnancy-fail/)
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2pyb1a1&s=4 (http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2pyb1a1&s=4)
http://www.datingish.com/699604706/alert-you-cannot-get-pregnant-from-webcam-sex/ (http://www.datingish.com/699604706/alert-you-cannot-get-pregnant-from-webcam-sex/)
*censored*? I thought yahoo answers only hatted people who broke their TOS. ;D
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Waste of time.
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Yahoo Answers is good for certain things, like the Computer Section. But otherwise, people are just trying to get points. I use Answers for not THAT important questions. That's because I don't want my computer getting screwed up just because someone wanted 2 points. I got one of my questions banned, but It was just a computer question. Good thing I found computerhope.com!
Miles M.
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A lot of the computer advice is incomplete (due to laziness of contributors) or, quite frequently, just bad or 100% incorrect... as if the person who replied read another question and then posted the reply for it on another topic.
I would almost always get marked as "best answer", simply because I did a few thing...
Answered in full (no shorthand)
Explained all terms
Included everyone elses posts and re-stated them in different words to better explain what they might have been trying to say... then also including everyone that replied that was utterly incorrect.
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yeah, I get rated as best answer many times cuz i'm the only person who made a response or made a readable response that made sense.
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same but at times I didnt explain and I know it was right. Dont matter but you know.
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Wonder how WikiAnswers compare to Yahoo....probably the same, user answers.
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probably not since any one can edit it
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I've been on Wikianswers & am not going back there again. It sucks.
However I do enjoy writing articles for Wikipedia.
Good thing I found computerhope.com!
Same here!
The other good computer fourms I like are:
http://www.computing.net/
http://www.techsupportforum.com/
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http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20090512/ap_on_hi_te/eu_ireland_wikipedia_hoaxer
Like this?
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Ya, that's a cool test.
But me and the other guys on wikipedia research our stuff and don't add fake quotes.
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Windows Live Q&A (Yahoo Answers copy, really...) is a similar system... the last time I was there, it was pretty descent.
I haven been there in over a year though.
I enjoy smaller forums like this, since there is a moderation team able to review nearly everything... and, its not filled by a bunch of screaming children who still throw tantrums.
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Windows Live Q&A (Yahoo Answers copy, really...) is a similar system... the last time I was there, it was pretty descent.
I haven been there in over a year though.
I enjoy smaller forums like this, since there is a moderation team able to review nearly everything... and, its not filled by a bunch of screaming children who still throw tantrums.
at least there's decent people here. Some of those Yahoo answers seemed like wierd freakish people who don't even have a heart. And that's scaring me to say the least :P
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I enjoy smaller forums like this.
Like I said before, try:
http://www.computing.net/
http://www.techsupportforum.com/
if you already haven't.
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What the *censored* is wrong with http://www.computerhope.com/ ???
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you tell me?
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Yahoo Answers saved my behind so many times from WebAssign homework from my Physics class in College. Man, I hate Webassign! :||x
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I took a little physic's dont recall it all but it wasnt so bad.
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What the <censored> is wrong with http://www.computerhope.com/ ???
Nothing (it's my favorite of the 3) but the others a good too.
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Yahoo Answers saved my behind so many times from WebAssign homework from my Physics class in College. Man, I hate Webassign! :||x
Webassign? Oh joy of webassign, they hate you when you've rounded a bit to far right or left.
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What the *censored* is wrong with http://www.computerhope.com/ ???
Still one of my top 5 ;)
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Does any one have any cheat codes for Pong?
try:
joystick up, joystick down
this will bump the ball to the other side ;D
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try:
joystick up, joystick down
this will bump the ball to the other side ;D
OR did you want the invisible wall code for auto goaltending? (if that even exists.... LOL) ;D
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had you wanted to reprogram it?
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I remember the built in cup holder ;D
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were past that but that was still a pain.
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I enjoy smaller forums like this, since there is a moderation team able to review nearly everything... and, its not filled by a bunch of screaming children who still throw tantrums.
Zylstra?
The real Zylstra is on vacation.
You can't fool us .
We are going to report you to the media.
Tomorrows's New Your Times headlines:
"Impostor found taking Zylstra's spot
on best internet forum."
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Or should that say .... best FREE COMPUTER HELP forum LOL ;D
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at least on those pay for sites (if they exist) I doubt there would be all the stupid people posting
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That would be a bad guess....
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wrong, patio's right ;)
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you sure you wanna know, 8)
I wonder how they took the dogs temperature. :P
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Windows Live Q&A (Yahoo Answers copy, really...) is a similar system... the last time I was there, it was pretty descent.
I personally don't like it. >:(
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i reached the top in answers and then was threw out by the trolls reporting for nothing
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probably thought you were spaming or something. I like to stay below the radar.