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Jun 4, 2008, 11:27 AM
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internet directory
hi, read this q slowly and repeatedly(if needed) to avoid wrong ans.
how to know which are the newest websites(of any chosen category-say,geography,medicine,sms etc) that have come out = indexing acc to date added
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Jun 4, 2008, 11:32 AM
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Cannot be done: too many domains, websites are no longer categorized like in the old Yahoo days, too many blogs, etc.
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Jun 5, 2008, 02:44 AM
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 Originally Posted by NeedKarma
Cannot be done: too many domains, websites are no longer categorized like in the old Yahoo days, too many blogs, etc.
OK , thank you
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Jun 5, 2008, 04:16 AM
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I will add, your first line to many will be considered offensive, so many will read it, and feel you are being rude and may not even answer you.
You have put that on several of your posts. You may want to consider a nicer approach in asking for help. I think you will get more answers with a nicer approach
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Jun 5, 2008, 09:21 AM
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 Originally Posted by Fr_Chuck
I will add, your first line to many will be considered offensive, so many will read it, and feel you are being rude and may not even answer you.
You have put that on several of your posts. You may want to consider a nicer approach in asking for help. I think you will get more answers with a nicer approach
I respect your notions
Actually I don't like to receive irrelevant answers which I've received many times
And I think the main reason for this is that many persons read the q too quickly to understand the meaning
I must say - friends , if necessary please read the q slowly and repeatedly till you fully understand the q
Thank you
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Jun 5, 2008, 09:38 AM
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Dear friend,
I am writing this slowly so that you will read it slowly and understand all its deep implications. People here are volunteers and you will always get a variety of responses. The best way to get good responses in to phrase your question correctly with plenty of information. Telling a potential respondant that you are basically warning them to read the question carefully to avoid wrong answers will guarantee that you will have little replies - you are basically insulting the people who would be answering.
Please feel free to read this several times to fully understand.
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Computer Expert and Renaissance Man
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Jun 5, 2008, 10:50 AM
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 Originally Posted by goodysunny1
i respect your notions
actually i don't like to receive irrelevant answers which ive received many times
and i think the main reason for this is that many persons read the q too quickly to understand the meaning
i must say - friends , if necessary please read the q slowly and repeatedly till you fully understand the q
thankyou
This site is all volunteers. We DONATE our time to help others. The quality of the answers given here are generally of a high level. But sometimes we can misread a question. However, I agree that your opening is offensive and rude and will not inspire people to help you.
If you don't like irrelevant answers, then use a site where you can pay an expert.
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Jun 5, 2008, 09:29 PM
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Personally, it kind of turned me off too. It sounds like an order.
I read it slowly and carefully and had absolutely no idea what it was asking. You can't always avoid wrong answers. But you can help avoid them by stating the question more clearly. Someone can still misinterpret and still answer it wrong.
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Jun 5, 2008, 11:19 PM
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 Originally Posted by goodysunny1
hi, read this q slowly and repeatedly(if needed) to avoid wrong ans.
Save yourself the hassle and just read and accept all of my answers. All of them are "right".
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Absurd? Yes, but "wrong" is subjective. We cannot read your mind and know what you will consider "wrong". To me, your questions have been "wrong" or at least malformed consisting of phrases, abbreviations, lack of punctuation, and run-on ideas. I initially suspected a language barrier in effect, if not... wow. Far more effort goes into composing an answer than goes into a question. "Righter" questions will get "righter" answers.
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Jun 6, 2008, 12:31 AM
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I agree with the others, that the wording of the original post could have been much more "answer person" friendly!
But, in answer to the original question, you might want to try a Google advanced search.
Google Advanced Search
The "Date, usage rights, numeric range, and more" function available at the lower left of it might give you the ability to find the things after which you seek.
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Jun 7, 2008, 10:16 AM
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 Originally Posted by NeedKarma
Dear friend,
I am writing this slowly so that you will read it slowly and understand all its deep implications. People here are volunteers and you will always get a variety of responses. The best way to get good responses in to phrase your question correctly with plenty of information. Telling a potential respondant that you are basically warning them to read the question carefully to avoid wrong answers will guarantee that you will have little replies - you are basically insulting the people who would be answering.
Please feel free to read this several times to fully understand.
Hi
How should a person feel insulted if I've said to read slowly and repeatedly(if needed)
I was not warning
Just like there are variety of respondents there are variety of askers,
If the asker cannot supply full information , the respondent can ask for further clarification
I didn't mean to be rude or to insult anyone,
Because I think lot of respondents would have answered correctly if they would have read the q slower and repeatedly(if needed)
I have received a lot of wrong ans,I ask something and I get something else
Maybe I should also specify 'slowly and repeatedly - IF NEEDED'
Regards,
Sunil
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Jun 7, 2008, 10:26 AM
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 Originally Posted by ScottGem
This site is all volunteers. We DONATE our time to help others. The quality of the answers given here are generally of a high level. But sometimes we can misread a question. However, I agree that your opening is offensive and rude and will not inspire people to help you.
If you don't like irrelevant answers, then use a site where you can pay an expert.
hi , I didn't mean to be offensive ,
as you say you can misread a q , the chance of misreading would decrease if q is read slowly and repeatedly
I respect and value all experts , if I wouldn't have respected I wouldn't have asked here,
even a paid expert may misread , 'reading slowly and repeatedly - IF NEEDED - would not waste time or do any harm
sunil
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Jun 7, 2008, 01:17 PM
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Yes, even a paid expert can misread something. I'm a professional tutor and yup, sometimes I misinterpret things or just downright screw up because I'm a human just like everyone else. The important thing is that I don't screw up all the time.
Which in a way is the whole point.
Telling me to read something slowly and carefully so that I don't give a wrong answer is insulting to me, because it's treating me as though I'm too stupid to figure out for myself that I should always read questions carefully. If I accidentally misinterpret something, it's logical to assume I'm not aware that I did so -- so adding "if needed" won't make any difference.
And you know what, people who don't read questions carefully aren't going to read them more carefully just because you tell them to do so. You're attempting to instruct those who aren't reading your instructions.
And I still contend that it would be easier to understand the questions in the first place if they were written more carefully and clearly. And that, I hate to tell you, is your responsibility, not ours. If the questions aren't clear and you get wrong answers because of it, I suggest that you just accept that everyone is volunteers and have done the best they can. If you believe someone misinterpreted, then you can respond and clarify what you meant.
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Computer Expert and Renaissance Man
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Jun 7, 2008, 05:51 PM
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Morgaine is right. By telling someone to read slowly and carefully, you assume they won't. And the regulars here take pride in the quality of our answers, so to assume that we don't read carefully, is to insinuate we don't care about the quality of our answers.
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Jun 7, 2008, 06:04 PM
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I just wanted to add that I know this sounds like everyone is really getting on your case. Please do not think this means that no one wants to help you.
It's not that -- just trying to get you to understand things from our perspective, and to realize you can't avoid undesirable answers. If you simply ask your questions clearly, and don't add things that sound demanding, I'm sure the people who can help you would be perfectly happy to do so.
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