Wheel Catalog help
- Thread starter rturchan
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The real "trick"
is that I have a very good memory for things I have seen or read. Especially things that interest me. I can recall fairly exact phrasing from old posts I read, that helps significantly in sorting through the archives.
I am also pretty tenacious when it comes to searching. If you saw how much time I spend searching out some of this info, you would say "Dude... give it up." Sometimes I do come up empty, but I see it as a challenge. I guess I need a more exciting hobby.
The saddest thing for me is that I am finding more and more threads in the Xweb 1.0 archives where the pictures have faded from the interwebs. :hrmph:
is that I have a very good memory for things I have seen or read. Especially things that interest me. I can recall fairly exact phrasing from old posts I read, that helps significantly in sorting through the archives.
I am also pretty tenacious when it comes to searching. If you saw how much time I spend searching out some of this info, you would say "Dude... give it up." Sometimes I do come up empty, but I see it as a challenge. I guess I need a more exciting hobby.
The saddest thing for me is that I am finding more and more threads in the Xweb 1.0 archives where the pictures have faded from the interwebs. :hrmph:
rturchan
Baja Bob
Are you slowing?
After a little research found several of your posts and it appears that you are averaging 16.5 minutes. For instance, back in 2008 I found this comment by ///Mike "Perhaps JimD will see this, in which case the correct link will be posted within seconds" and your response was 15 minutes later.
I really do appreciate the help. Thanks again.
Bob
After a little research found several of your posts and it appears that you are averaging 16.5 minutes. For instance, back in 2008 I found this comment by ///Mike "Perhaps JimD will see this, in which case the correct link will be posted within seconds" and your response was 15 minutes later.
I really do appreciate the help. Thanks again.
Bob
I fail frequently when I don't know if there is an answer
I think most people that ask me for help know the answer is out there in the archives somewhere and just want my help finding it. So those are easy, it's just a matter of persistence.
Where I usually fail is when I go off on a search based on a topic I have never seen before. I work off the assumption that at some point between the 1999 inception of Xweb and today, someone has talked about every possible X1/9 topic. Turns out that is not necessarily the case. So those are examples of failures where I come up empty. Since no one asked me for an answer, I don't post about it.
I will say my "time to failure" has gone down significantly over the years. I quickly have a pretty good idea if I am going to come up empty just by perusing the first page or two of results.
I think most people that ask me for help know the answer is out there in the archives somewhere and just want my help finding it. So those are easy, it's just a matter of persistence.
Where I usually fail is when I go off on a search based on a topic I have never seen before. I work off the assumption that at some point between the 1999 inception of Xweb and today, someone has talked about every possible X1/9 topic. Turns out that is not necessarily the case. So those are examples of failures where I come up empty. Since no one asked me for an answer, I don't post about it.
I will say my "time to failure" has gone down significantly over the years. I quickly have a pretty good idea if I am going to come up empty just by perusing the first page or two of results.
rturchan
Baja Bob
Trick Question
OK, I admit it, i was trying to get you to post a inquiry that you missed, the so-called failure, as i could not find one. I still figure that you are the Guru of X19 info. Still working on the nickname though. I understand the librarian concern. Not my favorite either.
Bob
OK, I admit it, i was trying to get you to post a inquiry that you missed, the so-called failure, as i could not find one. I still figure that you are the Guru of X19 info. Still working on the nickname though. I understand the librarian concern. Not my favorite either.
Bob