The number of idiotic product reviews on Amazon is bad enough. But now that Amazon allows questions and answers on products, I really have to shake my head in amazement. Do people just refuse to read? I was looking at a portable external hard drive today, 11 of the 19 questions are asking something that's directly answered in the product description.
But what really gets me is the people who answer a question with "I don't know." WTF? Why would anyone even bother to do that? If nobody answers a question, that means nobody who's seen it so far knows the answer. Isn't that obvious? How stupid do you have to be to type "I don't know" ?
I swear, it's almost as bad as reading YT comments.
"I don't know" is one of the options Amazon's Q/A engine offers the person who responds to questions.
As it happens, earlier tonight someone sent me a question about a hard drive I bought - but it was about using the hard drive in a RAID array, something about which i have no idea (and about which they should contact the maker).
I clicked the "I don't know" field in response to the question.
That's understandable because someone directly asked you a question. I'm talking about the box at the bottom of every question where anyone can respond.
Quote from: Dave W on August 06, 2014, 09:52:12 PM
But what really gets me is the people who answer a question with "I don't know." WTF? Why would anyone even bother to do that? If nobody answers a question, that means nobody who's seen it so far knows the answer. Isn't that obvious? How stupid do you have to be to type "I don't know" ?
Exactly! When one doesn't know the answer, common courtesy dictates - at the very least - an answer that contains a cursory reference to WWII aircraft or Deep Purple.
Some people - sheesh!
Quote from: lowend1 on August 07, 2014, 06:37:40 AM
Exactly! When one doesn't know the answer, common courtesy dictates - at the very least - an answer that contains a cursory reference to WWII aircraft or Deep Purple.
Some people - sheesh!
Don't forget the love that dare not speak it's name! ;)
The answer to everything is 42.
Quote from: lowend1 on August 07, 2014, 06:37:40 AM
Exactly! When one doesn't know the answer, common courtesy dictates - at the very least - an answer that contains a cursory reference to WWII aircraft or Deep Purple.
Some people - sheesh!
I do like the way you think.
Quote from: TBird1958 on August 07, 2014, 08:02:03 AM
Don't forget the love that dare not speak it's name! ;)
RECHTS UM!!! RECHT UM!!! RECT UM!!! RECTUM!!!
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Quote from: Dave W on August 06, 2014, 09:52:12 PM
The number of idiotic product reviews on Amazon is bad enough. But now that Amazon allows questions and answers on products, I really have to shake my head in amazement. Do people just refuse to read? I was looking at a portable external hard drive today, 11 of the 19 questions are asking something that's directly answered in the product description.
But what really gets me is the people who answer a question with "I don't know." WTF? Why would anyone even bother to do that? If nobody answers a question, that means nobody who's seen it so far knows the answer. Isn't that obvious? How stupid do you have to be to type "I don't know" ?
I swear, it's almost as bad as reading YT comments.
Nothing could ever be worse than YT comments. I've had to be on Amazon a lot and think I know it well. YT stupidity is off the scale.
Quote from: gweimer on August 07, 2014, 08:49:58 AM
The answer to everything is 42.
... but only if you ask the right question... and don't forget to pack your towel...
Quote from: uwe on August 07, 2014, 09:56:47 AM
RECHTS UM!!! RECHT UM!!! RECT UM!!! RECTUM!!!
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In my best Colonel Klink voice......UuuuWAaaaaaaa! ;D
Well, this thread sure took an unexpected turn (rearward?).
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Sure gives a whole new meaning to "tailgunnin'".
Quote from: Dave W on August 07, 2014, 09:09:15 PM
Well, this thread sure took an unexpected turn (rearward?).
Mark is always searching for the backdoor to make an entrance.
Quote from: uwe on August 08, 2014, 10:33:42 AM
Sure gives a whole new meaning to "tailgunnin'".
Obviously a "catcher".
We have to lay off Mark now, first, I'm due to see him pretty soon on my West Coast Penetration Tour, and, secondly, we all know the debilitating effects of rock music on innocent youth. Mark was a perfectly normal teen until he heard Manfred Mann's Earth Band, those hidden perpetrators of sodomy. Here, at 2:52:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcWVL4B-4pI
Nothing was the same after the proclamation "Litte early burly came by anus curly-wurly!". Sigh! :-\
Quote from: uwe on August 08, 2014, 10:37:53 AM
Mark is always searching for the backdoor to make an entrance.
Like knocking on your back door? ???
"Feel it coming
It's knocking at the door
You know it's no good running
It's not against the law***
The point of no return
And now you know the score
And now you're learning
What's knockin' at your back door"
*** in some States at least!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXag1wAemoU
Quote from: uwe on August 08, 2014, 12:13:52 PM
We have to lay off Mark now, first, I'm due to see him pretty soon on my West Coast Penetration Tour, and, secondly, we all know the debilitating effects of rock music on innocent youth. Mark was a perfectly normal teen until he heard Manfred Mann's Earth Band, those hidden perpetrators of sodomy.
Nothing was the same after the proclamation "Litte early burly came by anus curly-wurly!". Sigh! :-\
I was never a "normal teen" :-*
I promise to be on good behavior for your visit ;)
Don't be too normal. Be your charming self!
Mark's a helluva guy and a Coug for life!
Quote from: uwe on August 08, 2014, 12:52:14 PM
"Feel it coming
It's knocking at the door
You know it's no good running
It's not against the law***
The point of no return
And now you know the score
And now you're learning
What's knockin' at your back door"
*** in some States at least!
Don't forget Kiss' "Nothin' To Lose", and this little-known Ozzy chestnut from the Bark At The Moon sessions
"One Up The B-Side"
Get it up, keep it up as good as you can
The change is as good as the rest
Is it to be or not to be when it hits the fan
This is the ultimate test.
One up the b-side
One up the b-side
Sing it or shout it out,the bent overture
Let me hear it at my request
You may think its funny but i don't know why
It gets it all off your chest.
One up the b-side.
One up the b-side.
One up the b-side.
One up the b-side.
I gotta do it just another time
Or else I'm gonna lose my mind
The answers simple and it's straight to the point
You can see it coming from behind.
One up the b-side.
One up the b-side.
One up the b-side.
iirc Kerslake took the credit for that one on the original Jet 45...
A singer in a band I was with late 80's persistently used to sing (to the no biz like show biz melody) There's no entry like rear entry there's no entry I know... :o