Re: [Simply Computers] Gurus

 

I completely agree. Often times it's just as useful to tell a person what
exactly it is they are trying to do in the correct jargon so they can get
unstuck and search for the solution themselves.

- David
On May 31, 2011 7:05 AM, "b welkin" <bwelkin@io.com> wrote:
> At 5/30/2011, Ardell Faul wrote:
>>We are Gurus because we know how to use Google.
>
> Hi,
>
> I would like to tweak this comment a bit. I think that one of the core
strategies that is demonstrated on this forum is how to phrase a question to
Google that results in a useful answer.
>
> As we so often see, a poster will offer a paucity of relevant information
and / or a surfeit of miscellany that has no bearing on the problem.
>
> Likewise, Google presents thousands of "answers" and it takes experienced
wetware to discern appropriateness of any given result.
>
> Another outstanding benefit to this forum is that each post is subjected
to hundreds - perhaps even thousands - of individual analyses. It's an
example of the hive mind at work; at each iteration the answer gets better.
>
> Just my 2-pfennigs worth.
>
> ...Bryce
>
>
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