is there a reason why my questions receive so little feedback?
i understand the researchers not being able to find information in time, 
but neither do i see anyone "locking" the questions and attempting to
research the information requested, nor do i see question
clarification

would some hint me at why this is the case? superbowl perhaps?

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Clarification of Question by andrewrose-ga on 01 Feb 2004 21:47 PST

missy, why dont you go ahead and post your comment as an answer.
grab the extra bucks and points for you were the first to give me an insight ;)

Thanks Andrew!

As requested, I've reposted my comment below:

There are any number of reasons why your questions aren't being locked
at the moment.

-- It's Sunday.  Many of our Researchers spend Sundays with their families.
-- Your questions may fall outside of the expertise or interest of the
Researchers who *are* answering today.
-- The information you seek might not be available.
-- Time zones.  We're scattered all over the world, so the Researcher
best capable of answering might be asleep.  Or at his or her regular
job.
-- Site crankiness.  Some of us have had trouble logging in to the
site to answer.  Generally when this happens, we go find something
else to do for a couple hours, then try again.  This helps prevent
frustration.

Have patience!  If someone is able to answer you, they will.  I have
one of your questions locked myself.

--Missy

Thank you. Awaiting for my other questions to be answered.

Hi Andrew,

There are any number of reasons why your questions aren't being locked
at the moment.

-- It's Sunday.  Many of our Researchers spend Sundays with their families.
-- Your questions may fall outside of the expertise or interest of the
Researchers who *are* answering today.
-- The information you seek might not be available.
-- Time zones.  We're scattered all over the world, so the Researcher
best capable of answering might be asleep.  Or at his or her regular
job.
-- Site crankiness.  Some of us have had trouble logging in to the
site to answer.  Generally when this happens, we go find something
else to do for a couple hours, then try again.  This helps prevent
frustration.

Have patience!  If someone is able to answer you, they will.  I have
one of your questions locked myself.

--Missy

Andrew, my colleague Missy has provided some very good reasons - let
me add that some of your questions are highly technical, and likely
only a select few researchers would be capable of addressing them...

The Triton ATM question - would likely require someone familiar with
the exact type of machine, or a source of such data.  I've looked at
it and determined that I could not address it efficiently, for
example.

The casino question - very interesting question, but coming up with a
list of casinos that has all of those factors in common may take
several days of work...

...also, it's Superbowl Sunday!!!  happens to be halftime right now...

thanks,
ragingacademic

i was wondering the same thing about the questions I have asked.

I have come to the conclusion that the lack of responses is due to the
nature of the question asked.  Questions that are not researchable
require specific knowledge of a specific area.  Therefore the number
of responses is going to be limited.

i'm still hoping for some responses to my questions, though :-)

thank you for your comments everyone :)

andrewrose-ga,

It's just a matter of time. I agree that there may be a paucity of
Researchers working on SuperBowl Sunday. Also, the technical nature of
your quesitons narrows the pool of researchewrs who are qualified to
answer them considerably. As you know, the time it takes for a
quesiton to be answered is inversely proportional to its price. Hang
in there, your question will be answered.
omniscientbeing-ga