In news:,
Tom <> had this to say:
My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
> All the answers I've seen so far could easily be posted by an AI bot.
> I guess this because when asking real questions that can't be
> answered with a canned response, including some ancient <knowledge
> base article>, none reply.
Yes, yes we are... Each and every last one of us doesn't actually devote
countless hours to learning and sharing the things we learn. Each one of us
are not recognized by more than just Microsoft for our willingness to share
and learn. In fact we're all just a bunch of compute cycles being used to
make it look like there are real people responding. Instead of coding
security updates and more software the engineers at Microsoft are hard at
work coding AI bots that appear to be almost human. They then send them out
in droves to code software, lead online and offline forums and discussion
groups, develop sites, and help countless users daily.
In fact this whole message is a cut/paste response from a hidden KB article
back in the 3.1 days...
Now, did you have a question? (The use of copy/paste and clipboard tools is
a great asset to the efficacy of the typical active newsgroup poster. Most
of us will have all sorts of information readily available and when needed
will paste it into the message with a clipboard manager - most of us include
some additional information if it's needed as well.) So, if you have a
question someone will likely try to help you so long as you're clear and
exact with your question and aren't being aggressive in your posting.
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Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
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"We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind,
which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply
there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." -
Sherlock Holmes