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:Cute theory, though. -[[Special:Contributions/108.162.254.126|108.162.254.126]] 12:23, 10 December 2014 (UTC) | :Cute theory, though. -[[Special:Contributions/108.162.254.126|108.162.254.126]] 12:23, 10 December 2014 (UTC) | ||
| + | ::Even better, looking at other stuff in that source: | ||
| + | :: <td><input class="button" value="Log in" tabindex="104" title="Enter your username and password in the boxes provided to login, spin round three times, vomit, click your heels together and TA-DA!" accesskey="s" type="submit"></td> | ||
| + | :: Will this actually enter properly, or will those formatted tags not be input scrubbed? Tables ... [[User:Keybounce|Keybounce]] ([[User talk:Keybounce|talk]]) 08:34, 4 August 2017 (UTC) | ||
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| + | :::Also, someone in 2003 couldn't have asked about a webcomic that was only launched in 2005. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.52.109|173.245.52.109]] 18:29, 3 October 2017 (UTC) | ||
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The link above seems to be dead now. DNS failed. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.167.15|162.158.167.15]] 09:03, 22 August 2016 (UTC) | The link above seems to be dead now. DNS failed. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.167.15|162.158.167.15]] 09:03, 22 August 2016 (UTC) | ||
| + | : Working now --[[User:Keybounce|Keybounce]] ([[User talk:Keybounce|talk]]) 08:34, 4 August 2017 (UTC) | ||
2nd paragraph of the explanation is nonsense! A forum post is nothing like a FAQ entry. The problem didn't get solved and was probably put away and forgotten. Happens all the time. {{unsigned ip|162.158.83.144}} | 2nd paragraph of the explanation is nonsense! A forum post is nothing like a FAQ entry. The problem didn't get solved and was probably put away and forgotten. Happens all the time. {{unsigned ip|162.158.83.144}} | ||
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| + | "The title text is a suggestion to forums to be aware of the fact that people are likely going to come across such posts in the future" My pet peeve is when I Google an error and get led to a post like in the comic, and one of the last comments is a person necro-bumping with new information on the same issue, but then a moderator locks the post because its X years old and needs to be left alone. This is the fucking Internet; data doesn't rot. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.212.83|108.162.212.83]] 13:52, 15 July 2017 (UTC) | ||
| + | : From my experience the top search result on google usually is a locked post with no answer (other than the polite suggestion to google it yourself). [[Special:Contributions/162.158.203.16|162.158.203.16]] 04:16, 3 September 2021 (UTC) | ||
| + | : data does rot, though? :P [[Special:Contributions/141.101.103.40|141.101.103.40]] 18:19, 8 September 2021 (UTC) | ||
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"There was uh, a thing called a segfault that made my computer like, all blurry and stuff." Davidy22[talk] 06:58, 2 February 2013 (UTC)
That was one reason why StackOverflow came to life: main authors fed up with (mis)using forums for query & answer site --JakubNarebski (talk) 23:03, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
Just two googling steps brought me here: http://www.mirrorsoferis.com/forum/thread05232003a.html Relevant for "Trivia"? Even the year fits! 108.162.230.89 11:28, 12 September 2014 (UTC)
- From the HTML source:
- <!-- Well, you got me. -->
- <!-- This is a spoof; a reaction to xkcd.com/979/ -->
- <!-- Okay? -->
- <!-- Apologies. -->
- Cute theory, though. -108.162.254.126 12:23, 10 December 2014 (UTC)
- Even better, looking at other stuff in that source:
- <td><input class="button" value="Log in" tabindex="104" title="Enter your username and password in the boxes provided to login, spin round three times, vomit, click your heels together and TA-DA!" accesskey="s" type="submit"></td>
- Will this actually enter properly, or will those formatted tags not be input scrubbed? Tables ... Keybounce (talk) 08:34, 4 August 2017 (UTC)
- Also, someone in 2003 couldn't have asked about a webcomic that was only launched in 2005. 173.245.52.109 18:29, 3 October 2017 (UTC)
The link above seems to be dead now. DNS failed. 162.158.167.15 09:03, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
2nd paragraph of the explanation is nonsense! A forum post is nothing like a FAQ entry. The problem didn't get solved and was probably put away and forgotten. Happens all the time. 162.158.83.144 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
"The title text is a suggestion to forums to be aware of the fact that people are likely going to come across such posts in the future" My pet peeve is when I Google an error and get led to a post like in the comic, and one of the last comments is a person necro-bumping with new information on the same issue, but then a moderator locks the post because its X years old and needs to be left alone. This is the fucking Internet; data doesn't rot. 108.162.212.83 13:52, 15 July 2017 (UTC)
- From my experience the top search result on google usually is a locked post with no answer (other than the polite suggestion to google it yourself). 162.158.203.16 04:16, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
- data does rot, though? :P 141.101.103.40 18:19, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
