Global commentors,

(Usual disclaimer to validate this as a question .. "Any researcher ..
etc. etc. for the paltry sum .. etc. etc.")

Please visit question #470900 before commenting here.

Lodge your interest there, then come back here if you wish to expand your thoughts.

Phil

Phil, I'm expanding my thoughts. Right now they are expanded to the
point that they no longer fit in my perfectly cute head so I must
release them to the viewing google public.

In general questions- I highly enjoy anything that puts me on a "need
to research" tract. Like if I know some of the answer, or how it would
pertain to certain circumstances but not completely the ones asked.

On web design- I am a web designer. Mostly I do it for fun as I am
addicted and I am one of those that would rather help someone out for
the fun of it than actually get paid.

Personal advice questions- well honestly I have a vivid idea of how
the world should be and a unstoppible need to boast my thoughts onto
others- if for nothing but to give them a different way to look at
things. Plus my family and friends no longer allow me to voice my
thoughts, and I need to tell someone. :P

God- well how could anyone else answer questions about me better than
me? No that was a joke. I AM NOT NOR HAVE I EVER BEEN GOD. But I did
grow up as a JW which gave me reason to study alot of religous beliefs
in order to free my mind of the crap they sold me.

As for the rest of my answer on your other post- I just have extra
information floating in my head, which I feel I need to share with
someone- anyone- I could go on and on and on but I want to leave room
in googles server for the other peoples answers/comments.

***And although you did not ask this, I comment because I have a whole
sleep issue which leaves me with way to much spare time and why not
put it to use helping others. I one day hope to be a REAL google
researcher (if only I could find a fairy and a cricket) not as much
for the money but because I really want to see my name lite up in
blue, and to validate my husbands claims that I know too much. How I
long to prove him right.:D

Lrulrick,

Yours is the kind of stuff I want to hear. Thank you for expanding
your thoughts so far in trust to the public domain.

How close am I in summary? : You thirst for knowledge; you have an
expertise to both approach your never-ending thirst of that knowledge
and to help others in genuine need, yet you know that you will never
satisfy both in your never-ending race to achieve same; you have an
idealistic view which is commendable yet the apathy of the crowds
frustrate you; recompense to you by way of helping to solve problems
is of far more worth than any dollars thrown at you; you respect yet
question your taught beliefs due to the unanswered questions of "have
faith without question". Am I close?

Please do share those other thoughts you have supressed. Ya never
know, we might even help you to get more sleep. Tell your husband that
he is a lucky man.

Thanks for sharing, Phil

Lrulrick,

Any chance of a first name salutation?

Phil

I'd say your summery is rather close. I completely respect beliefs
taught to me by others, but I do not believe that faith in anything
should come without question. I value material things far less than
emotional, personal, and spirtitual things, and I do have a far
greater respect for those that perfer helping others than making a
name for themselves due to riches.

I have a unrelenting need to understand the thoughts of others and to
continue to fill my head with "things". I firmly believe one can never
know enough and what they do know should be shared. In life there are
never any lessons that are truely over, and it benefits people to
learn as much as they can.

I belief in the greater good of mankind- that even the worse villian
has good in them and that even the worst acts they commit can bring
good to the world. ( see
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=462706 )


Theres more, I said before I could go one forever. BTW- I do not
regret my  lack of sleep, it gives me more time to do things. And my
name would be Laura.

--- Now Phil shouldn't you also expand on yourself a bit? :D

My. name. is ... shake zula the mike rula... oops!

Heh! I'm Gerald. I live in the United States. My interests are
computing, gadgets, wires, lights, and software. I program web sites
and databases. I have eclectic knowledge and an undeniable quest to
provide good answers to computer questions. OTOH, I have been known to
verbally chastise people for spending too little money on questions.
Not that *I* care, really, but then again...

I hover around www.ga-commenters.com from time to time, and try to
bribe people with offers of invites to a well known large capacity web
based email account.

I contribute helpful information to a perl-based web design. I have
several hits a day on my personal website telling people how to use a
popular remote control program with a dynamic IP address.

I am a Christian, and have a generally (IMHO) open mind to discuss
most things religious, but also ask the questions that need to be
answered.

As a web designer and programmer, I am not creative. That is to say, I
understand form and function, and err toward function over style. I do
know how to solve problems creatively, but I tend to be task oriented.
My job is a set of interruptions as I am the only IT guy for some 150
computers. Basically, if it plugs into a wall (copiers, faxes, phones,
office equipment, computers, servers, switches), it is up to me to
repair.

I hang out here 'cause I'm interested to learn what people need to
know. If I am able to help, kewl. I tend to learn a lot myself.

I have some questions that I've answered here pretty much the same
answer three times. :)

Good to talk with you again!

Hiya,

Laura .. What a great name! I like the sound of that. 

You are correct. I should expand myself. My Doctor said so. Gotta eat more.


Gerald .. thanks for sharing your interests. Yes, good to cross paths again.

Phil

Phil, I am starting to take you as "one with many questions, yet few
answers" for this thread. As you should know I am one who very firmly
believes that knowledge should be share with others, and yet you are
withholding yours. HUM. And as only you know the reasons you are drawn
to google answers and the "commenting" on questions asked- I find your
with holding this information selfish and improper. :D:D How will we
ever understand the wonderings of you mind unless you enlighten us?
:D:D

Hi Laura and everyone else caring to read and contribute,

Laura .. 

You did not mention your expert ability in being able to draw
information from such a withholder as I. ? May I say you have "the
formula" as women often have?

No secrets here. If you visit the other two questions related to this
expansion you will see what has been gained so far. A couple of people
have even emerged from the shadows to share their interests. That's
gotta be a good thing. From the 50 posts over the two separate
questions I have found people with interests in science, psychology,
social work, economics, religion, cars, snowblowers!, chemistry,
languages, women, electronics, furniture restoration, motorbikes,
charity work, legalities, web and graphics design (yours Laura),
general knowledge, innovation/invention, travel, mathematics, trivia,
guitar, jokes, chocolate, writing, problem analysis, chess, poetry,
body/mind improvement, idea germination and real estate finance, ....
to name but just some.

And that was only from the "commentors" question, let alone the
researchers question for reference with 172 entries over 25 comments.

Guess what? We now have a point of reference that serves two purposes.
The so far combined total is 222. Cut that in half to account for
overlapping interests and side comments. We still have in excess of
100 topics of interest.

My question to you now is .. how might you use that?

All the best, Phil

Gerald- I visited your link above and did not find anything other than
postings. None seemed relevent. I would have posted a topic, to
inquire of your need for discussion, but am not member. BTW I have 50
gmail invites.

Phil- do I dare read it right? Could it be that although there is
interest in women there seems to be no one with knowledge on men?
Could that be because men (as yourself) hide all the male knowledge
thus making it impossible for others to obtain it? Or did you just
forget to slide that in by "women"??  And although I see many
interests posted from other, I only find comments on their interest
and not so much of what yours are from you. It only seems to intrigue
me more that you attempt to distract us by pointing out the results
you have so far found on our interests, areas of expert minds, and the
dabblings of our thoughts.

Laura,

OK ya got me! I have no expertise. My interests are simply general. It
seems a lifelong habit of mine to do one of two things. I either look
at heaps of things at once without depth, or focus on one topic to
death, to the detriment of other interests. I hope that makes sense.
When I have finally killed a topic I move on until something else
sparks my interest again. It's like starting over, forever. Looking
for perfection perhaps. Sounds like I'm psychoanalysing myself now, so
I will post topics of interest in the commentors question as asked.

Phil

Hi all,

This is where we make our attempts to differentiate between a Q&A site
and a chat site. Following is only personal stuff as asked for by two
of my many considered and very considerate friends.

So, "nothing happening here people .. please move on".

Laura and Norman ..

When one has little knowledge, I remind myself that a little knowledge
of anything can be dangerous, although it may incite productive
argument and learning for the dangerously semi-informed. Akin to
Pavlov's dog, mention one relative word to a topic and the newly or
slightly informed mind will salivate, react and direct itself to the
larger topic, generally with misconstrued perception. I will offer an
example of proof, for two purposes.

My first purpose is to prove that the length of text on any topic will
be read in direct proportion to the square root of it's meaning. That
is, the longer the text as here, it will be read by fewer than the
greater, simply due to the length of text regardless of content.

I gained 100% in my practical examination for the purpose of Load
Control Licensing of various aircraft types some years ago, and other
types since. 100% was the pass mark. 99% was failure. I achieved a
pass in theory too, my percentage unnanounced, but 80% was the pass
mark for that side of the test.
It can be likened to the responsibilities of a Load Master in the
Airforce. My Airforce counterpart however usually has two other
responsibilities in consideration. He/She is onboard the aircraft
under their calculations and they usually supervise the loading. A bit
like packing your own parachute. No one else to blame. Taking
responsibility.

Is this what you want to hear?

My example of Pavlov's dog is as follows:

"What is the definition of maximum take off weight, or maximum brakes
release weight"?

The answer was simple, as it referred to the manufacturers, governing
body and airline nominated maximum allowable weight for the given
aircraft. But, like Pavlov's dog upon hearing a bell many others
failed this question. They went in to RESTRICTED maximum brakes
release weight/take off weight. That is an entirely different
question. RMTOW relates to runway length; current day climate;
obstacles about the runway for a given departure point; runway
works/inhibitors; aircraft restrictions based on the minimum equipment
list (MELs)("anti-skid unserviceable" is a popular and relevant
contributing factor); fuel available; or fuel policies on destination
airports as in next port fuel uplift requirements due fuel
costs/strikes/fuel hedging arrangements.

Are you guys bored yet?

Last two points, as mentioned elsewhere. I treated each flight as if
my own Mother was aboard. (With that attitude, how could anything go
wrong?) My focused, licensed job by aircraft type (since changed due
to remote automation) was and is probably less than 5% of the tasks
required by a pilot to ensure safe flight. However, the information I
passed to a pilot was used to calibrate her/his stab (stabiliser
attitude) setting and take-off speeds.

Our resident GA-researcher pilot may further expand on this with
reference to V1, VR and V2 all based on one engine failure at
take-off.

Overshooting and ballooning on landing is also another interesting
topic in relation to over and underestimated weights, runway lenghths,
crosswind and actual weight.

See, I told ya! Not many would read the "expansion" topics.

All the best,

Phil

Hi Phil,

I?m over here now; I don?t think you are going to make it to one
million but if I stay off that question we may encourage a few more
in. I think the response is incredible too. You have asked the
question most of the ?ga community is interested in. It certainly
seems like we know who is asking, answering and commenting on the
questions, now. It makes it more of a ?Community?.

My, you passed something with 100% and something else with over 80%
and you claim not to have expertise in anything? I will give you three
definitions of an expert.
1.	Somebody who learns more and more about less and less until in the
end he knows everything there is about bu**er all.
2.	(My own definition) Somebody who has done something once. Suppose
ten people are working on a research project and I am the one who gets
it to work, the next time that job comes around they will say ?Give it
to Norman, he is the expert!?
3.	Then there is you. You learned something that not everybody can do
and you used it in practice.

Why should you think I would not find this stuff interesting?
Incidentally I had two friends once. One flew DC10?s and then
converted to 757?s. He wouldn?t avoid talking about it but never
brought it into the conversation. The other had a PPL and hardly
talked about anything else. He could only fly planes with one engine
so a one engine failure at take off would have been an interesting
situation for him. He did get about five miles out once and realised
that he didn?t have any oil pressure which was a fun situation.

After you have had a due period of recuperation, I would be honoured
to participate in the ticket sales and hot dog stand, if Laura is up
to the challenge, of course.

Many thanks for your offer to post a question. I have many serious
topics going round in my head, but in the spirit of these more probing
enquiries, I think this one is worth all of two bucks.

?What is it in the female psyche that causes the fair sex to answer
the question that hasn?t been asked??

E.g.
 Q.?How long will it be before the meal is ready, love??

A.	?It?s chicken!?

Q. ?What are we eating tonight, dear??

A. ?It will not be long?

It would be nice to hear the comments of our lady contributors,
however if you feel this is too politically sensitive please feel free
to post another.

Best regards

Norman.

Phil I actually found your comments very entertaining- just for the
mere fact that I now know something that I did not know 5 minutes ago.
And I did read the entire post, and at no point did I become bored
with it... although I did get up to get a Pepsi right before you
emplained the dog part. In my defense I was in need of a drink.

Norman, I may have missed something, because I am left wondering what
"After you have had a due period of recuperation, I would be honoured
to participate in the ticket sales and hot dog stand, if Laura is up
to the challenge, of course." is all about.  However I will attempt to
be at my best (of whatever) once assured Phil is rested and ready
himself.

As one of the fairer sex I must say that I often answer many questions
before they are asked for several reasons.

***I know that they will be asked at some time

***Because I can always answer an unasked question correctly

***To annoy the less fairer but still simply as wonderful members of the other sex

You should now take note that I did not answer what causes me to do
it, but rather why I do it.

Ahh, Laura,

True intellect never tarnishes.

Norman

With only five minuites left ,here, in ther Internet Cafe, I shall
have to come back on this one.
But I am posting tis short comment anyway ,as part of my control
Journal, so that I can definetly find the question angain ,maybe
tomorrow and expand my thoughts.
What are other predictions for the future of the web over the next
five years?What will the world be like in 2010?
------------------------------------------------------------Peter