When a person starts a posting on a forum, that others are able to comment on, that original posting and the comments on it are called a thread. A thread hijacking occurs when one or more individuals commenting on the original posting, go off topic, creating a separate conversation. This is rude, and bad internet etiquette. If people want to discuss a different topic, they should start their own thread.
That's why it's important that before you reply to a thread, you ask yourself a simple question -- "Am I contributing to this thread, or am I changing the topic and/or focusing on some minor aspect that really isn't what this thread is about?"
Being a good little "forumer" I search for topics before I post a question and if I find a thread with the same question, I would just reply to that thread with any details I might have.
Search engines can be finicky...
Short course on searching
+word means word must be on the page.
+"phrase" means phrase must be on page. Don't forget the quotations.
- word means you don't want to see that word on the page.
-"phrase" means you don't want to see that phrase on the page. Don't forget the quotations.
Use in any combination you desire.
Example:
At google
colpitts oscillator returns 108,000 results.
+colpitts +oscillator returns 108,000 results. this is the defacto standard.
+"colpitts oscillator" returns 85,400 results.
+colpitts -oscillator returns 8 results.
-colpitts +oscillator returns 487 results.
I learned this lesson from the AltaVista search engine in the pre-google days.
As far as distractions goes, Twenty years ago I searched for PVC and there was a link to erotic clothing in the top 10 results. Care to guess which link was clicked first?
Joe; don't know where or how this should be shared but; this is good info and should be seen by many.
I do wish people would be more helpful, after all that's why were here.. Isn't it
and i for one always forget these ''commands''Example:
At google
colpitts oscillator returns 108,000 results.
+colpitts +oscillator returns 108,000 results. this is the defacto standard.
+"colpitts oscillator" returns 85,400 results.
+colpitts -oscillator returns 8 results.
-colpitts +oscillator returns 487 results.
I would have to say out of all the forums I frequent, this one is by far the most helpful. Lots of smart people that all share the same desire to want to fix and create things.
haha, yeah, i know this feeling too....and sometimes the one who gives that answer is like ''well of course it is bla bla....'' (not in this forum mind you!)As a novice ... I often find googling for information is a bit of a minefield. For example, I recently googled and googled for information about a particular microchip, searching by the number and then the type of microchip but I couldn't find any useful information at all, never mind a datasheet. So I asked an expert via the forum who promptly responded with a googled datasheet .. .. somewhat embarrassed, I looked into the search that had been done on my behalf .. .. and the only difference was the substitution of the word 'chipset' in place of microcontroller.
I find terminology in electronics is a source of huge frustration .. .. .. some words in the Queen's English take on a wholly different character and meaning when a voltage is applied !
hehe, i'we sometimes wandered around 30 pages, just browsing and then started thinking ''was this really what i were looking for?''No one wants to waste their time looking at multiple pages at google.
If you search correctly, you can generally find a useful hit on the first page. If you don't, you're not using the search engine properly.
And that's how a search for PVC in 1995 distracted me with erotic clothing
And that's how a search for PVC in 1995 distracted me with erotic clothing.
Not using a search engine properly? come on Matt. I will grant you there is generally useful information on page 1. I guess it depends on what is considered useful.
I've been 30 plus pages deep looking for things at times, and I consider myself an above average search engine user. You can't tell me you hadn't went deep into the search for something that you were looking for, even though something useful was on page one.
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