979: Wisdom of the Ancients - Revision history

Lettherebedarklight: /* Transcript */ add Category:Comics with a Spanish translation

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50.65.201.220: /* See also */ the discussion from before this text was added shows that this is wrong, (do view-source on the link removed, and you will quickly see why it shouldn't be labeled as the origin)

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‎See also: the discussion from before this text was added shows that this is wrong, (do view-source on the link removed, and you will quickly see why it shouldn't be labeled as the origin)

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 This comic refers to a common experience that those trying to solve tech problems have. Typically, people search on Google to try to find solutions to the problem. Sometimes the solution can be found on a software program's website, but the most helpful solutions frequently come from discussions on message boards, particularly for more obscure problems. This is because the odds are rather high that someone else, years ago, had the same problem you're having and resolved it.
-However, in this comic, [[Cueball]] is unable to find any mention of the problem he's currently facing except for one forum post about it that did not include the problem's solution. This is akin to finding an {{w|FAQ}} with questions but no answers. The person DenverCoder9 was probably the person who knew the answer but didn't post it.
+However, in this comic, [[Cueball]] is unable to find any mention of the problem he's currently facing except for one forum post about it that did not include the problem's solution. This is akin to finding an {{w|FAQ}} with questions but no answers. The person DenverCoder9 was probably the person who had the same problem but didn't post a solution or receive one.
 The title is a satirical reference to the notion that the "ancients," i.e. from thousands of years ago, possessed knowledge that has been lost to the centuries (such as exactly how Stonehenge was built), and that artifacts from those times do not fully divulge such knowledge. The fact that the "ancient" referred to in the comic is from 2003 (only 8 years before the comic was published) is an exaggeration of the feeling that the forum poster is lost to the sands of time, but in some sense this feeling is nonetheless true, since Cueball is unlikely to be able to contact them.

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 This comic refers to a common experience that those trying to solve tech problems have. Typically, people search on Google to try to find solutions to the problem. Sometimes the solution can be found on a software program's website, but the most helpful solutions frequently come from discussions on message boards, particularly for more obscure problems. This is because the odds are rather high that someone else, years ago, had the same problem you're having and resolved it.
-However, in this comic, [[Cueball]] is unable to find any mention of the problem he's currently facing except for one forum post about it that did not include the problem's solution. This is akin to finding an {{w|FAQ}} with questions but no answers.
+However, in this comic, [[Cueball]] is unable to find any mention of the problem he's currently facing except for one forum post about it that did not include the problem's solution. This is akin to finding an {{w|FAQ}} with questions but no answers. The person DenverCoder9 was probably the person who knew the answer but didn't post it.
 The title is a satirical reference to the notion that the "ancients," i.e. from thousands of years ago, possessed knowledge that has been lost to the centuries (such as exactly how Stonehenge was built), and that artifacts from those times do not fully divulge such knowledge. The fact that the "ancient" referred to in the comic is from 2003 (only 8 years before the comic was published) is an exaggeration of the feeling that the forum poster is lost to the sands of time, but in some sense this feeling is nonetheless true, since Cueball is unlikely to be able to contact them.

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	In [[1722: Debugging]] the title text also mentions googling an error message, explaining what it means if you get zero results. Sort of.		In [[1722: Debugging]] the title text also mentions googling an error message, explaining what it means if you get zero results. Sort of.
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		+	[[3163: Repair Video]] similarly features Cueball seeking answers to a technical issue (specifically with a home appliance); in that comic, however, he finds a solution online in the form of a user-made video tutorial specific to his problem.

	==Transcript==		==Transcript==

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	In [[1722: Debugging]] the title text also mentions googling an error message, explaining what it means if you get zero results. Sort of.		In [[1722: Debugging]] the title text also mentions googling an error message, explaining what it means if you get zero results. Sort of.
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−	~~==See also==~~
−	~~Origin of "DenverCoder9": http://www.mirrorsoferis.com/forum/thread05232003a.html~~

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 ==See also==
-http://www.mirrorsoferis.com/forum/thread05232003a.html
+Origin of "DenverCoder9": http://www.mirrorsoferis.com/forum/thread05232003a.html
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