sore taint

I have tried to use the seach from time to time and find it to useful about 20% of the time.
I understand that alot of stuff has been covered over the years and there is a lot of info on here even if it is a ***** to find.


so if you don't feel like answering a question thats been posted before ...don't... but do you have to be an A$$ about it.....no you don't.

how many wheel set questions do you see a week and they still get answered so......

lighten up people it's for fun not for a grade
help each other out with out being so rude if we wanted the kinda attitude we would go to the bike shops.
thanks and have a nice day

pitboss

A good start for a rough draft! Could use a little work though
D-

please see juvi-kyle after class


but you do have a point - there are better ways to inform people.

DoshKel

Oh ****. Whipping time.

Shiznaz

I have created 9 threads in SS/FG since I joined in 2004. Some people are very lazy and expect other people to search the internet for them. I am not one of these people. I find the search tool effective 90% of the time, hence why I don't often create threads. Sometimes it takes a little while but its my time I am wasting, not other people's. Most of these threads really are pointless. So is this one. Hopefully next time someone creates a redundant thread and someone calls them on it they will actually use the search tool next time. Learn some boolean search techniques. They really help.

https://www.bikeforums.net/search.php?searchid=3053194
I don't think I would have created ANY of these threads, because the information is already very available in the archives and on the net.

teiaperigosa

this is not only an information resource, but a discussion forum...in the case of referencing information, you are right (search will do you well most of the time), but people also like having recent discussions with people who are currently browsing the forums...
so instead of adding onto a 10page thread, one might pose a question to start a new one
shiet, maybe 's cause they are lazy...oh well, nothing wrong with that

anyways
I agree that people OD with the "do a search" response, but even this debate is pointless
things will continue as it...some will search, others won't...and " do a search" will continue to aggrivate internet nerves, just as redundant threads will

timmhaan

i think all-in-all most people on this board aren't exactly interested in the most effcient way to extract information on a given topic. they enjoy the discussion, the back and forth of ideas, and above all like to participate and ask\answer questions in semi-real time.

sometimes i find myself getting a little annoyed when a new thread pops up on something very common, but then i realize that i'm probably spending waaaaay too much time here.

ryand

maybe you just gave us all the solution...

queerpunk

i think it's pretty obnoxious to just yell "SEARCH!" but saying "searching the forums for ______ will give you some helpful information" really is not that bad, and i do it to remind people that this forum isn't just a forum, there's lots of resources in the archives.

i found this forum by googling bike stuff and having its archives always come up in the search results.

teiaperigosa

+1

sore taint

I knew I should have stayed in school!

Had I known the whole word was going to turn to using computers and such,

I would have gone to english and typing class.

however they were both after lunch.
and I could stop getting high/drunk at lunch, and never made it.

but thanks for the lesson teach.

queerpunk

"i have tried to use the search" isn't the passive voice. "the search has been used" is the passive voice, no? "have tried" is just a different tense that i forgot to remember from spanish class in high school (cause come on, we did not learn that **** in english).

kbjack

past perfect

edit: do a search

ryanday

Present perfect, actually, I believe.

john_and_off

guys, sorry if this has been posted before but i can't find anything with the search function...

i am having trouble with my grammar quizzes in english class and was wondering if you could help me out with remembering my tenses...

rpc180

Teaching search techniques should be required in high school (most elementary school kids know it).

Shiznaz

I learned boolean search methods (as well as boolean logic and circuits in general) as soon as I started high school. I could even use a refresher course. Makes internet life WAY easier.

gargiulo.mike

[165] pwns sore taint

In Absentia

I find that a working knowledge of the English (yes, as a proper noun, it is capitalized) language has many practical applications in the world outside of the Internet. There's also the fact that it's been pretty evident for at least ten years that the whole world would turn to computers.

Now we've found the root of the problem. No wonder you can't figure out how to search; it's probably difficult for you to figure much out.

That said, I agree that searching the archives isn't always the best option. Most topics change over time so reading old threads might not have current information. There also might be new users who can add more information that wasn't available at the time. However, it's a good idea to at least familiarize yourself with a topic first so that you can ask more specific questions, which many users don't seem to bother themselves with.

pitboss

Yes, you are correct. See what I get for screwing around at work? Let this be a lesson to you all.

humancongereel

yeah, present perfect. wtf, [165]?

kbjack

darn it. I was really on a high too.

edit: I had really been on a high, too.