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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736270 More actions · Answer 1

Gazareth (11/17/2015)
Steve, your feet are conspicuously absent from the last photo. Bit chilly or so relaxed they're just buried in the snow?! 😛

Too cold to sit down 😉

Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287026 More actions · Answer 2

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (11/17/2015)
8am yesterday
3pm yesterday
8am today

Yep. I've seen that same scenario many times myself. I get it. Welcome to winter.

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Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286590 More actions · Answer 3

Steve that is the usual transition from Summer to Winter here in KC. Fall is usually right around 5-6 hours followed by a long and cold winter. 😛

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Robert Sterbal SSChampion Points: 11050 More actions · Answer 4

8am today
Yep. I've seen that same scenario many times myself. I get it. Welcome to winter.

Water water everywhere and nor a drop to drink

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Eirikur Eiriksson SSC Guru Points: 182912 More actions · Answer 5

Ed Wagner (11/17/2015)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (11/17/2015)
8am yesterday
3pm yesterday
8am today
Yep. I've seen that same scenario many times myself. I get it. Welcome to winter.

Coming from a cold country you have to excuse my ignorance but where is the winter?

😎

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004363 More actions · Answer 6

Lynn Pettis (11/17/2015)
OMG

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Robert Sterbal SSChampion Points: 11050 More actions · Answer 7

Jeff Moden (11/17/2015)
Lynn Pettis (11/17/2015)
OMG
Unfortunately, WTC (Way Too Common). Gail has got to be getting tired of suppressing a literal "Dear Stupid" response.

have we ever considered using a hashtag in the forums #OMG #BooksOnline #etc?

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Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287026 More actions · Answer 8

robert.sterbal 56890 (11/18/2015)
Jeff Moden (11/17/2015)
Lynn Pettis (11/17/2015)
OMG
Unfortunately, WTC (Way Too Common). Gail has got to be getting tired of suppressing a literal "Dear Stupid" response.
have we ever considered using a hashtag in the forums #OMG #BooksOnline #etc?

We're usually reference Books Online by name and most times include a link to the page they need. Personally, I think it's more professional.

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Robert Sterbal SSChampion Points: 11050 More actions · Answer 9

have we ever considered using a hashtag in the forums #OMG #BooksOnline #etc?

We're usually reference Books Online by name and most times include a link to the page they need. Personally, I think it's more professional.[/quote]

I would suggest using both, maybe some thing less descriptive - #follow #followup #document #note

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Luis Cazares SSC Guru Points: 183706 More actions · Answer 10

robert.sterbal 56890 (11/18/2015)
have we ever considered using a hashtag in the forums #OMG #BooksOnline #etc?
We're usually reference Books Online by name and most times include a link to the page they need. Personally, I think it's more professional.
I would suggest using both, maybe some thing less descriptive - #follow #followup #document #note

Why should we consider using hashtags? Is there any benefit on that? The forum software won't recognize them, I'm not sure if search engines would care, and what relevance would they have. This is an honest question, as there might be a good reason which I don't know.

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Robert Sterbal SSChampion Points: 11050 More actions · Answer 11

Luis Cazares (11/18/2015)
Why should we consider using hashtags? Is there any benefit on that? The forum software won't recognize them, I'm not sure if search engines would care, and what relevance would they have. This is an honest question, as there might be a good reason which I don't know.

The topic is, Are the posted questions getting worse?

If you tag the questions, it is easier to analyze if the posted questions are getting worse.

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Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173068 More actions · Answer 12

robert.sterbal 56890 (11/18/2015)
Luis Cazares (11/18/2015)
Why should we consider using hashtags? Is there any benefit on that? The forum software won't recognize them, I'm not sure if search engines would care, and what relevance would they have. This is an honest question, as there might be a good reason which I don't know.
The topic is, Are the posted questions getting worse?
If you tag the questions, it is easier to analyze if the posted questions are getting worse.

I'm not sure I follow your logic. We passed the point of discussing this thread's original topic a long time ago. This is now a completely different thread, where we occasionally vent about the posted questions, but not always.

Maybe I'm mistaken, but we're not keeping score or anything.

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Luis Cazares SSC Guru Points: 183706 More actions · Answer 13

Brandie Tarvin (11/18/2015)
robert.sterbal 56890 (11/18/2015)
Luis Cazares (11/18/2015)
Why should we consider using hashtags? Is there any benefit on that? The forum software won't recognize them, I'm not sure if search engines would care, and what relevance would they have. This is an honest question, as there might be a good reason which I don't know.
The topic is, Are the posted questions getting worse?
If you tag the questions, it is easier to analyze if the posted questions are getting worse.
I'm not sure I follow your logic. We passed the point of discussing this thread's original topic a long time ago. This is now a completely different thread, where we occasionally vent about the posted questions, but not always.
Maybe I'm mistaken, but we're not keeping score or anything.

We're not? I was trying so hard to win. 😀

Luis C.
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Are you seriously taking the advice and code from someone from the internet without testing it? Do you at least understand it? Or can it easily kill your server?

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jasona.work SSC Guru Points: 50117 More actions · Answer 14

Luis Cazares (11/18/2015)
Brandie Tarvin (11/18/2015)
robert.sterbal 56890 (11/18/2015)
Luis Cazares (11/18/2015)
Why should we consider using hashtags? Is there any benefit on that? The forum software won't recognize them, I'm not sure if search engines would care, and what relevance would they have. This is an honest question, as there might be a good reason which I don't know.
The topic is, Are the posted questions getting worse?
If you tag the questions, it is easier to analyze if the posted questions are getting worse.
I'm not sure I follow your logic. We passed the point of discussing this thread's original topic a long time ago. This is now a completely different thread, where we occasionally vent about the posted questions, but not always.
Maybe I'm mistaken, but we're not keeping score or anything.
We're not? I was trying so hard to win. 😀

Yeah!

If we're not keeping score, then how do we know who's winning?

:hehe:

Jack Corbett SSC Guru Points: 184394 More actions · Answer 15

jasona.work (11/18/2015)
Luis Cazares (11/18/2015)
Brandie Tarvin (11/18/2015)
robert.sterbal 56890 (11/18/2015)
Luis Cazares (11/18/2015)
Why should we consider using hashtags? Is there any benefit on that? The forum software won't recognize them, I'm not sure if search engines would care, and what relevance would they have. This is an honest question, as there might be a good reason which I don't know.
The topic is, Are the posted questions getting worse?
If you tag the questions, it is easier to analyze if the posted questions are getting worse.
I'm not sure I follow your logic. We passed the point of discussing this thread's original topic a long time ago. This is now a completely different thread, where we occasionally vent about the posted questions, but not always.
Maybe I'm mistaken, but we're not keeping score or anything.
We're not? I was trying so hard to win. 😀
Yeah!
If we're not keeping score, then how do we know who's winning?
:hehe:

Remember, it is not about winning or losing because everyone is a winner if they try their best :rolleyes:. Keeping score will just harm the self-esteem of the people who don't score as much.

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